What a breach actually costs
The numbers your CFO needs before approving cyber spend
RED FLAGG™
Board-ready ROI
Average Australian Breach
$4,260,000
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, Australia, 2024
What makes up a breach cost
Seven hidden line items boards forget
| Line item | Typical cost (AUD) |
|---|---|
| Incident response & forensics — engaging a firm to investigate and contain | $80,000 – $250,000 |
| Legal & regulatory — privacy-lawyer advice, Notifiable Data Breach filings, investigations | $40,000 – $180,000 |
| Customer/donor notification — mail-outs, call centre surge, credit monitoring | $25,000 – $120,000 |
| Business disruption — staff time lost, halted operations, rebuilt systems | $100,000 – $500,000+ |
| Ransom or recovery — if it's ransomware (whether paid or not) | $50,000 – $1,000,000+ |
| Insurance excess & premium hike — your next policy renewal is brutal | $15,000 – $80,000 |
| Reputation damage — donor attrition, member exits, lost contracts | Unbounded |
| Realistic SMB/NFP breach cost | $310,000 – $2,130,000+ |
Without Red Flagg
$4.26M
Average breach cost. Plus 6 months to recover. Plus reputation damage that lasts years.
With Red Flagg
From $3k/yr
Plans from $250/month. NFP pricing available. Zero confirmed breaches across all customers to date.
Worked example: 30-staff NFP
One year of Business Plus vs one breach
Business Plus NFP rate (illustrative) × 12 months
~$5,400/year
Free Cyber Maturity Assessment
$0
Free setup & onboarding support
$0
One ransomware incident (typical low end)
$310,000+
Net saving if one breach is prevented:
$304,600+
One prevented incident pays for 57 years of Red Flagg.
You don't need to prevent 57 incidents to break even. You need to prevent one — ever.
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