What would a cyberattack cost your business?
Answer five quick questions. Your estimate updates live, and you can see exactly which security steps bring the number down.
How the estimate is calculated
No black box. These are the exact assumptions behind the number, so you can judge it for yourself.
1. Industry baseline
We start from the average cost of a data breach for your industry, taken from IBM's annual Cost of a Data Breach research. These averages are based on large organisations worldwide.
2. Scaled to you
We adjust for where you're based, using IBM's country averages relative to the global average (India about 0.5×, USA about 1.9×), then scale down by company size, and show a 0.8× to 1.6× range for real-world variation.
3. Adjustments
- Payment data: +30%
- MFA: −15% · Tested backups: −15%
- Incident response plan: −10% · Recent audit: −10%
- Insurance: shown separately as out-of-pocket
This is an awareness tool, not a security assessment. Real costs depend on your systems, data and response. Control reductions are our planning assumptions, informed by the direction of published research, not guaranteed savings.
Breach cost questions
How much does a data breach cost a small business in India?
It varies widely with company size, industry and the data involved. For a small business it typically ranges from a few lakh to several crore rupees once downtime, investigation, legal costs and lost customers are included. Use the calculator above for an estimate based on your own profile.
Where do these numbers come from?
The starting point is the average breach cost per industry from IBM's Cost of a Data Breach research. We scale it to your company size and adjust for payment data and the security controls you have in place. All assumptions are listed in the methodology section on this page.
Which security controls reduce breach costs the most?
Research consistently shows that multi-factor authentication, tested backups, an incident response plan and regular security testing reduce both the likelihood and the cost of a breach. Toggle them in the calculator to see the effect on your estimate.
Does cyber insurance cover the full cost of a breach?
Usually not. Policies typically exclude or cap some costs, and they do not cover lost customers or reputational damage. Insurance reduces your out-of-pocket exposure but not the disruption to your business.
Is this calculator a security assessment?
No. It is an awareness tool that gives an order-of-magnitude estimate. A security audit is the only way to know your actual vulnerabilities and what fixing them would cost.
Turn an estimate into a plan.
A security audit shows where you're actually exposed and what fixing it costs. Website audits start at ₹15,000, fixed price, with results in 5–7 days.