How much does a phishing attack cost your organisation?
IBM Security reports the average cost of a successful phishing attack is $4.76M. Calculate your total annual exposure — direct costs, downtime, data breach liability, and regulatory fines.
Your Organisation
Total headcount across all locations
Risk multiplier: 1.2x
Used to estimate downtime and regulatory exposure
Attack success rate reduction: 15%
Total inbound email volume across the organisation
Estimated Attack Probability (12 months)
76.5%
Based on company size, industry risk profile, and current training frequency. 83% of organisations globally experienced phishing in 2023 (IBM Security).
Direct Incident Cost
$505K
Forensics, IR, legal, remediation, PR
Business Disruption
$1.64M
Downtime + lost productivity (avg 72h)
Data Breach Cost
$1.63M
If credentials compromised — IBM avg $4.45M
Regulatory Fine Risk
$367K
GDPR / CCPA / HIPAA exposure on breach
Reputation & Customer Loss
$3.67M
Customer churn × 3-year LTV after breach
Total Annual Phishing Risk Exposure
$7.81M
Expected annual loss across all phishing vectors, weighted by attack probability.
Training ROI — Upgrade to Monthly Simulations
Training Cost / Year
$15K
~$30/employee
Risk Reduction Savings
$3.66M
vs current training level
ROI Multiple
244.2x
return on training spend
Source: Proofpoint State of the Phish 2023 — organisations with monthly simulated phishing training see up to 70% reduction in click rates within 12 months.
This costs you ~$7,814,444/year
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