Estimate data breach downtime cost using scenario-specific operational and financial assumptions. This calculator separates the main cost drivers, shows supporting results, and explains the formula so security, finance, and operations teams can compare scenarios consistently. Enter values from your own risk assessment, incident history, insurance terms, and response plans; the result is a planning estimate rather than a guarantee of incident frequency, recovery performance, coverage, or loss.
The estimate combines unrecoverable revenue, disrupted employee capacity, and fixed incident response or restoration expense.
Avoid double-counting labor already included in response cost. Use only revenue and staff within the affected operational scope.
For 12 hours, 35 employees at $48 per hour, $12,000 affected hourly revenue, 65% unrecoverable revenue, and $40,000 response cost:
Use revenue attributable to the affected service or process per hour, not total company revenue unless the entire business is unavailable.
Some delayed transactions may be recovered later. The loss percentage lets you model only the portion unlikely to be recovered.
They can be if already included in incident response cost. Enter only idle or disrupted labor not captured elsewhere.
Yes. Reduce affected employees, hourly revenue, or the unrecoverable revenue percentage to reflect the affected scope.
No. The result includes the entered labor, revenue, and response costs; qualitative or long-term effects require a separate scenario.
| Cost component | Calculation |
|---|---|
| Revenue loss | Hours × affected revenue/hour × unrecoverable share |
| Disrupted labor | Hours × affected staff × loaded hourly cost |
| Response cost | Entered fixed incident response and restoration expense |
| Cost per hour | Total scenario cost ÷ downtime hours |