Data Breach Cost Calculator
Estimate your breach exposure and the annual expected cost of that risk.
Turn risk into a business case
ComplyGuard automates the controls and evidence that shrink both the odds and the cost of a breach.
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This calculator prices security and compliance risk in the only language leadership acts on: dollars. It multiplies the records you hold by the average cost per breached record to size your total exposure.
It then weights that exposure by the annual probability of a breach to give an expected yearly cost — the number to compare against the cost of controls, monitoring and compliance software.
Industry studies put the cost per breached record around $150–$180. When expected annual cost exceeds prevention spend, the investment case makes itself.
Frequently asked questions
Where does cost per record come from?
Annual breach-cost studies consistently land in the $150–$180 per-record range across industries once fines, remediation, notification and lost business are included. Adjust it to your sector.
How does compliance reduce this?
Strong controls lower both the probability of a breach and its blast radius. ComplyGuard automates evidence, monitoring and policy so risk — and this expected cost — falls.
Is this calculator free to use?
Yes. It runs entirely in your browser, needs no signup or email, and nothing you enter is stored or sent anywhere.