83% of organisations experienced phishing in 2023

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.

Based on IBM Security 2023Proofpoint State of the PhishCISA / NCSC data

Your Organisation

Total headcount across all locations

Risk multiplier: 1.2x

$M USD

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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