Pentest ROI Calculator
Estimate your expected annual cyber risk exposure using current breach-cost benchmarks, size-based probability assumptions, and your own security testing budget.
2026 Breach Benchmarks
IBM’s 2026 global average breach cost is $4.99M, with higher published averages in healthcare, financial services, and technology.
Probability, Not Certainty
The model converts breach severity into expected annual loss using a size-based breach-likelihood assumption instead of treating a breach as guaranteed.
Transparent Return Range
Potential loss reduction is shown as a 25–50% modeled range and compared with the testing budget you enter. It is an assumption, not a guaranteed outcome.
Estimate your expected annual cyber risk
Adjust company size, industry, revenue, records at stake, and your planned testing budget. The model separates event severity from annual likelihood and shows the assumptions behind every result.
How we calculate this
1. Event exposure. IBM 2026 sector breach-cost benchmark × one company-size scale factor. Regulated-data uplift applies only to sectors where regulation is not already reflected in the sector benchmark.
2. Expected annual loss. Event exposure × annual breach probability by size band: 5%, 10%, 18%, or 25%.
3. Potential loss reduction. 25–50% of expected annual loss. This is an explicit Blaze scenario range, not a published statistic or guarantee.
4. Indicative return. Potential loss reduction ÷ the testing budget you entered. Revenue and record count are shown as context only and do not inflate the breach-cost model.
Benchmark basis: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026. Ecommerce currently uses the global benchmark rather than an unverified sector-specific figure. All outputs are illustrative USD estimates, not financial advice or a Blaze quote.
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