Mitigation ROI calculators
Security economics: does a control pay for itself? Compare the cost of a control against the breach loss it avoids, weigh cyber-insurance against retained risk, and see why faster detection saves money.
Security Control ROI CalculatorWork out whether a security control pays for itself: the breach loss it avoids (from your ALE and its risk reduction) minus its annual cost.Cyber Insurance CalculatorCompare the expected cost of carrying cyber insurance (premium plus retained risk) against self-insuring, using your expected loss, deductible and policy limit.Cost of Detection Delay CalculatorSee how the time taken to identify and contain a breach drives its cost, anchored to the IBM finding that breaches taking over 200 days cost about $1.88M more.
Mitigation ROI guides
The calculators above test whether a control pays for itself. These guides cover the judgement around them — how much a small business should budget for security in the first place, how to read an ROI figure on a control, and why the speed of detection is itself a cost lever.
How much should a small business spend on cybersecurity?Not a percentage of revenue: build a defensible security budget from the obligations you cannot decline, your expected annual loss and control-level return.Does security spending pay off? The ROI of controlsHow to weigh the cost of a control against the breach loss it avoids, using IBM cost-mitigation factors and your own ALE.Why faster detection saves money: the cost of dwell timeThe IBM finding that breaches taking over 200 days to contain cost about $1.88M more — and why detection speed is one of the highest-ROI investments.