Calculate Your Security Behavior ROI
Build a defensible business case for behavioral security monitoring — with fully customizable inputs and transparent methodology.
Free — no email required.
What Makes This Calculator Different
Every assumption is editable, every number is sourced, and every output is board-ready.
Fully Customizable — Use YOUR Numbers
- Change salary rates to reflect your market
- Set time estimates based on your team’s actual experience
- Use your breach probability, not just the industry average
- Modify automation rates based on your confidence level
- Edit until the numbers reflect YOUR organisation
Most calculators give you their assumptions. This one lets you use yours.
Complete Transparency — Defend Every Number
- Full methodology with data sources (IBM, Verizon, BLS, Microsoft)
- Detailed breakdown of where each number comes from
- “What We Excluded” section — showing what we deliberately didn’t count
- Conservative estimates by design (easier to defend to CFOs)
- Shareable URL that preserves your customised inputs
Build a business case you can actually present to leadership.
Professional Deliverables — Board-Ready Format
- Executive slide deck (7 slides) — ready to present
- Detailed PDF report (11+ pages) — full analysis with methodology
- Editable web interface — adjust any value, recalculate instantly
- Shareable link — send to CFO, board, or procurement
Same format used by Praxis Navigator’s Stakeholder Brief module.
What’s In The Report
Time Savings Analysis
Estimated time saved on manual reporting and analysis when using Praxis Navigator.
- Data gathering: 80% automated
- Report creation: 75% automated
- Executive reporting: 70% automated
- Compliance evidence: 85% automated
Risk Reduction Calculation
Estimated risk reduction from behavioral visibility and faster detection.
- Behavioral visibility reduces risk by 20% of breach cost
- Faster detection rates reduce risk by 10% of breach cost
- All numbers are estimates and can be adjusted
Compliance Efficiency
Estimated cost savings on audits and regulatory compliance maintenance.
- Reduces cost of audits by 10%
- Reduces regulatory exposure risk by 5%–15%
- Supports NIS2, ISO 27000, and NIST frameworks
What We Excluded (And Why)
Transparent about what we deliberately didn’t count:
- Revenue impact of breaches (too variable)
- Brand damage (unquantifiable)
- Employee productivity gains (too many assumptions)
- Legal liability reduction (jurisdiction-specific)
We show what we excluded so you can defend what we included.
Calculation Methodology
Built on real industry benchmark data.
IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report (2025)
Breach cost calculations by industry, region, and company size
Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (2025)
Threat patterns, detection timelines, and behavioral risk factors
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (2024)
Actual wage data for security analysts and IT leadership roles
Microsoft Learn Audit Log Retention Policies
Data retention constraints for M365 E3 and E5 licenses
Conservative by design — modest automation rates, proven reduction percentages, defensible to CFOs.
See What You’ll Generate
Preview the board-ready report format — every page is fully generated from your inputs.
About the Report Format
The report you’ll generate uses the same professional template as Stakeholder Brief — one of Praxis Navigator’s four core modules.
This calculator uses industry benchmarks and your organisational inputs to project ROI.
Stakeholder Brief (in the product) uses your actual Microsoft 365 behavioral data to create evidence-based reports.
Same format, same rigor — but one shows projected value based on benchmarks, the other shows actual behavioral evidence from your data.
Praxis Navigator’s Four Core Modules
See them all in the trial.
Employee Pulse
Individual & team behavior trends over time
Risk Bearing
Risk distribution mapping across your organisation
Stakeholder Brief
Board-ready reports with full methodology (same format as this calculator)
Impact Proof
Before/after evidence of behavior change
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I calculate security training ROI?
Most organizations calculate training ROI by dividing training costs by estimated risk reduction — but there’s a fundamental problem: training platforms measure activity (completions, clicks), not behavior change.
To calculate actual training ROI, you need to measure whether employee security behaviors improved after training. This requires behavioral monitoring, not just training completion metrics.
What this calculator does: Calculates the ROI of implementing behavioral monitoring (Praxis Navigator) to measure whether your training is actually working.
What you need for training ROI: Before/after behavioral data showing employees changed their security behaviors following training. That’s what Praxis Navigator’s Impact Proof module provides.
What is a good ROI for cybersecurity awareness training?
This question assumes you can measure training ROI — but most organizations can’t, because they only track training completion, not behavior change.
A defensible training ROI requires:
- Baseline behavioral data before training (e.g., MFA adoption rate, risky sign-in frequency)
- Training intervention (your SAT platform)
- Post-training behavioral data to measure actual change
- Comparison: Did behavior improve? By how much? Did it stick?
What this calculator does: Shows the ROI of implementing the measurement layer (behavioral monitoring) that makes training ROI calculable.
Reality check: If you can’t measure behavior change, you can’t prove training ROI. You’re reporting activity metrics and hoping they correlate with security outcomes.
How long does it take to calculate security ROI?
Using this calculator: Under 30 seconds for initial results. You can then edit any assumption and recalculate instantly.
The calculator shows projected ROI based on industry benchmarks and your organizational inputs. Every value is editable — adjust until it reflects your reality.
Is the calculator free?
Yes. No email required, no credit card, no sales call.
You’ll receive:
- Executive slide deck (7 slides, board-ready)
- Detailed PDF report (11+ pages with full methodology)
- Editable web interface (adjust any assumption)
- Shareable URL (send to CFO, board, procurement)
Can I share or download my results?
Yes.
Shareable URL: Every calculation generates a unique link that preserves your customized inputs. Send it to colleagues, leadership, or procurement — they’ll see your exact assumptions and results.
Downloads:
- PDF report — 11+ pages with full methodology, ready to attach to budget proposals
- Slide deck — 7 slides, board-ready presentation format
All downloads are instant and unlimited.
What data sources does the calculator use?
The calculator uses real industry benchmark data, not made-up estimates:
IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report (2025)
Breach cost calculations by industry, region, and company size. Used to estimate your organization’s expected breach cost.
Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (2025)
Threat patterns and detection timelines. Used to calculate the value of faster breach detection through behavioral monitoring.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (2024)
Actual wage data for security analysts and IT leadership. Used to calculate the dollar value of time saved on manual reporting.
Microsoft Learn Audit Log Retention Policies
Data retention constraints for Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 licenses. Used to calculate the cost of the status quo (data decay).
Conservative by design: All estimates use modest percentages to ensure the numbers are defensible to CFOs and boards. Every assumption is editable.
How is this different from other security ROI calculators?
Most security ROI calculators are black boxes — you enter a few numbers and receive an output with no explanation of methodology. This calculator shows every assumption, cites every data source, lets you edit any value, and generates a board-ready PDF report and executive slide deck. It also explicitly states what was excluded and why, which makes the included numbers easier to defend to CFOs and boards.
Calculate Your Security Behavior ROI
Build a defensible business case for behavioral security monitoring — with fully customizable inputs and transparent methodology.
Free — no email required.