Industrial Cybersecurity & OT Risk worked example

Cyber Recovery Readiness Index with recovery impact score of 23 score: a worked example

Push recovery impact score up to 23 score and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when evaluating backups, restore testing, spare hardware, playbooks, and recovery drills for OT systems.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Recovery impact score: 23 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 9)
  • Recovery exposure score: 6 score (unchanged)
  • Recovery readiness weakness score: 4 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Cyber recovery readiness risk score = recovery impact score × recovery exposure score × recovery readiness weakness score) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12.3 score for cyber recovery readiness risk score, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 23 score for recovery impact score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 6 score for recovery exposure score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4 score for recovery readiness weakness score.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where recovery impact score sits at 9 score and the headline result is 6.7 score, this scenario comes in 83.58% above the baseline at 12.3 score.
  • It multiplies three 0-10 sub-scores (recovery impact, recovery exposure, recovery readiness weakness) into a single recovery readiness risk score. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Cyber recovery readiness risk score: 12.3 score (headline result)
  • Recovery impact score: 23 score
  • Recovery exposure score: 6 score
  • Recovery readiness weakness score: 4 score

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Cyber Recovery Readiness Index calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.