DDoS Attack Mitigation Cost Calculator

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DDoS Attack Mitigation Cost Calculator

Estimate the total financial impact of a DDoS attack, including mitigation service costs, revenue loss from downtime, incident response labor, and post-attack remediation.

Hourly Revenue / Business Value at Risk ($)

Average revenue generated per hour during normal operations.

Estimated Downtime Duration (hours)

Total hours of service disruption caused by the attack.

Downtime Business Impact Factor (%)

Percentage of hourly revenue actually lost during downtime (e.g., 80% if partial service remains).

Mitigation Service Cost ($ per hour)

Cost of DDoS mitigation provider (e.g., Cloudflare, Akamai, AWS Shield Advanced) per hour of active mitigation.

Active Mitigation Duration (hours)

Total hours the mitigation service is actively engaged (may exceed downtime).

Incident Response Staff Count

Number of security/IT staff involved in incident response.

Average Staff Hourly Rate ($ per person)

Blended hourly labor cost per incident response staff member.

Incident Response Duration (hours)

Total hours spent by staff on detection, response, and recovery.

Post-Attack Remediation & Hardening Cost ($)

One-time costs for infrastructure hardening, forensic analysis, and security improvements after the attack.

Reputation & Customer Loss Factor (%)

Estimated percentage of downtime revenue loss attributable to long-term customer churn and reputational damage.

Calculate Total Mitigation Cost

function ddoCalc() { // --- Input retrieval --- var hourlyRevenue = parseFloat(document.getElementById('ddo-hourly-revenue').value); var downtimeHours = parseFloat(document.getElementById('ddo-downtime-hours').value); var downtimeImpact = parseFloat(document.getElementById('ddo-downtime-impact').value); var mitigationRate = parseFloat(document.getElementById('ddo-mitigation-service').value); var mitigationHours = parseFloat(document.getElementById('ddo-mitigation-hours').value); var irStaff = parseFloat(document.getElementById('ddo-ir-staff').value); var irHourlyRate = parseFloat(document.getElementById('ddo-ir-hourly-rate').value); var irHours = parseFloat(document.getElementById('ddo-ir-hours').value); var remediationCost = parseFloat(document.getElementById('ddo-remediation-cost').value); var reputationFactor = parseFloat(document.getElementById('ddo-reputation-factor').value);

var resultDiv = document.getElementById('ddo-result');

// --- Validation --- var errors = []; if (isNaN(hourlyRevenue) || hourlyRevenue 100) errors.push("Downtime Impact Factor must be between 0 and 100."); if (isNaN(mitigationRate) || mitigationRate 100) errors.push("Reputation Factor must be between 0 and 100.");

if (errors.length > 0) { resultDiv.innerHTML = 'Please fix the following errors:' + errors.map(function(e){ return ''; }).join('') + ''; return; }

// --- Core Calculations ---

// 1. Direct Revenue Loss from Downtime // Revenue_Loss = Hourly_Revenue × Downtime_Hours × (Downtime_Impact / 100) var revenueLoss = hourlyRevenue * downtimeHours * (downtimeImpact / 100);

// 2. Mitigation Service Cost // Mitigation_Cost = Mitigation_Rate_per_Hour × Mitigation_Hours var mitigationCost = mitigationRate * mitigationHours;

// 3. Incident Response Labor Cost // IR_Labor_Cost = IR_Staff × IR_Hourly_Rate × IR_Hours var irLaborCost = irStaff * irHourlyRate * irHours;

// 4. Reputation & Long-term Customer Loss // Reputation_Loss = Revenue_Loss × (Reputation_Factor / 100) var reputationLoss = revenueLoss * (reputationFactor / 100);

// 5. Total Mitigation Cost // Total = Revenue_Loss + Mitigation_Cost + IR_Labor_Cost + Remediation_Cost + Reputation_Loss var totalCost = revenueLoss + mitigationCost + irLaborCost + remediationCost + reputationLoss;

// --- Cost Breakdown Percentages --- var pctRevenue = totalCost > 0 ? (revenueLoss / totalCost * 100).toFixed(1) : 0; var pctMitigation = totalCost > 0 ? (mitigationCost / totalCost * 100).toFixed(1) : 0; var pctIR = totalCost > 0 ? (irLaborCost / totalCost * 100).toFixed(1) : 0; var pctRemediation = totalCost > 0 ? (remediationCost/ totalCost * 100).toFixed(1) : 0; var pctReputation = totalCost > 0 ? (reputationLoss / totalCost * 100).toFixed(1) : 0;

// --- Severity Classification --- var severity, severityClass; if (totalCost ' + severity + '

' + '' + 'Cost ComponentAmountShare' + 'Direct Revenue Loss from Downtime' + fmt(revenueLoss) + '' + pctRevenue + '%' + 'Mitigation Service Cost' + fmt(mitigationCost) + '' + pctMitigation + '%' + 'Incident Response Labor Cost' + fmt(irLaborCost) + '' + pctIR + '%' + 'Post-Attack Remediation & Hardening'+ fmt(remediationCost)+ '' + pctRemediation+ '%' + 'Reputation & Customer Loss' + fmt(reputationLoss) + '' + pctReputation + '%' + 'Total Estimated Cost' + fmt(totalCost) + '100%' + '' + 'Key Metrics:

' + '' + '' + '' + '' + ''; }

#### Formulas Used

1. Direct Revenue Loss: Revenue_Loss = Hourly_Revenue × Downtime_Hours × (Downtime_Impact_% / 100)

2. Mitigation Service Cost: Mitigation_Cost = Mitigation_Rate_per_Hour × Active_Mitigation_Hours

3. Incident Response Labor Cost: IR_Labor_Cost = IR_Staff_Count × Staff_Hourly_Rate × IR_Duration_Hours

4. Reputation & Long-term Customer Loss: Reputation_Loss = Revenue_Loss × (Reputation_Factor_% / 100)

5. Total Mitigation Cost: Total_Cost = Revenue_Loss + Mitigation_Cost + IR_Labor_Cost + Remediation_Cost + Reputation_Loss

Severity Thresholds: Low (<$10K) | Moderate ($10K–$100K) | High ($100K–$500K) | Critical (>$500K)

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