04/09/2026
£195,000.
That's the estimated average cost of a significant cyber attack on a UK business.
And across the UK?
The estimated annual cost reaches £14.7 billion.
They're enormous numbers.
But cyber attacks don't become expensive because of one thing.
It's the hours or days you can't work.
The systems you need to recover.
The data you need to restore.
The customers you need to contact.
The specialist help you suddenly need.
The potential lost business.
And the time your team spends dealing with the aftermath instead of doing their jobs.
That's why cyber security shouldn't just be viewed as another IT expense.
It's protection against a potentially much bigger business cost.
The question isn't whether £195,000 sounds expensive.
It's what an attack would actually cost your business.