Industrial Cybersecurity & OT Risk worked example

Phishing Training Savings at 110% workforce coverage by training program: a worked example

This scenario runs the phishing training savings calculation on the strong side: 110% workforce coverage by training program, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when evaluating security awareness programs for users who support manufacturing and OT operations.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Phishing incidents avoided per year: 75 events (unchanged)
  • Loss avoided per phishing incident: 900 $ / event (unchanged)
  • Workforce coverage by training program: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
  • Annual awareness program fixed cost: 18,000 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Variable phishing training savings = avoided phishing related events × cost avoided per event × training scope included) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 92,250 $ for net phishing training savings, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,230 $ / event for cost avoided per event.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 74,250 $ for variable phishing training savings.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 18,000 $ for fixed awareness program cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where workforce coverage by training program sits at 100% and the headline result is 85,500 $, this scenario comes in 7.89% above the baseline at 92,250 $.
  • Use it when building or renewing a security awareness budget, or when reporting the realized value of an existing phishing-training program to finance or the board. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Net phishing training savings: 92,250 $ (headline result)
  • Cost avoided per event: 1,230 $ / event
  • Variable phishing training savings: 74,250 $
  • Fixed awareness program cost: 18,000 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Phishing Training Savings calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.