Cybersecurity · Worksheet
Most businesses underestimate what a data breach or extended outage really costs — until it happens to them. The global average cost of a data breach in the US has climbed to $4.35 million, and downtime alone runs an average of $427 per minute for a small business. This free worksheet helps you calculate the real, all-in cost of data loss for your own organization.
What’s inside the worksheet
- The average cost of a data breach and cost per record ($164) — and how it varies by industry
- A simple formula to estimate your breach exposure based on your record count
- How to calculate the cost of downtime at $427 per minute
- A lost-productivity calculator to see how much a day of downtime sets your team back
- Where to focus first to reduce your risk
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Frequently asked questions
How much does a data breach cost a small business?
The average cost of a data breach in the US is $4.35 million, or about $164 per record — and higher in regulated industries like healthcare. For SMBs, downtime adds roughly $427 per minute on top of that.
What drives the “hidden” costs of data loss?
Beyond the breach itself: downtime, lost employee productivity, regulatory fines, legal exposure, and lost customers. The worksheet helps you total all of them.
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