Breach cost calculators
Estimate the expected cost of a data breach for a small or mid-sized business by industry, records, data type, size and security posture.
Data Breach Cost Estimator for SMBsEstimate the cost of a data breach for a small or mid-sized business by industry, records, data type and security posture, broken down by cost area.Data Breach Cost-Per-Record CalculatorMultiply the number of exposed records by the average cost per record for your industry to get a quick, benchmark-based breach cost estimate.Data Breach Cost by IndustrySee the average data breach cost and cost per record for your industry, from healthcare and financial services to retail and the public sector.Data Breach Cost by Company SizeEstimate breach cost from your company size (employees or revenue) and records held, and see why smaller businesses face a higher cost per record.Ransomware Cost CalculatorEstimate the full cost of a ransomware incident: ransom (if paid), downtime, recovery, and notification — with and without paying.
Breach cost guides
The calculators above produce a number. These guides explain where that number comes from — how a breach cost is built up component by component, what it adds up to for a small business, and why the industry-average headline figure misleads.
How data breach cost is calculatedThe model behind every estimate: fixed plus variable cost, the five IBM cost components, and why breach cost is not linear in the number of records.The true cost of a data breach for a small businessWhy small businesses face a higher cost per record, how fixed and variable costs split, and what an SMB breach really adds up to.Is the average cost of a data breach misleading?Why the headline average breach cost misleads small firms: how a skewed mean, the median and per-record figures differ, and which number to plan with.