Incident Cost Estimator

How It Works

This estimator uses Monte Carlo simulation to calculate cost ranges based on your client's industry, size, geographic presence, and incident type. The model applies multipliers from leading industry research to produce defensible estimates.

Cost Components

• • Investigation & Forensics: IR retainer, forensic analysis, threat hunting
• • Legal & Regulatory: Legal counsel, notification costs, potential fines
• • Notification: Per-record costs, credit monitoring, call center
• • Business Interruption: Revenue loss, extra expense, contingent BI
• • Ransom/Extortion: Payment, negotiation, decryption (if applicable)
• • Recovery: System rebuild, data restoration, security improvements
• • Reputation: Customer churn, PR costs, brand recovery

Data Sources

• IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023 - Per-record costs, industry multipliers
• Verizon DBIR 2023 - Incident frequency, detection timelines
• NetDiligence Cyber Claims Study 2023 - Claim amounts by company size
• Coveware Q4 2023 - Ransomware payments, downtime, recovery costs

Regulatory Calculations

GDPR fines calculated as higher of 4% global turnover or EUR 20M (severe violations). NIS2 penalties for essential entities up to EUR 10M or 2% turnover. HIPAA tiered penalties based on violation category. Class action exposure estimated using historical settlement data.