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Free calculators and interactive tools from Assured Cyber Protection.

8 guides / Updated 2026 / Independent & free
Cyber Insurance Cost Calculator: Estimate Your UK SME Premium
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Cyber Insurance Cost Calculator: Estimate Your UK SME Premium

Free cyber insurance cost calculator for UK small businesses. Enter your turnover, staff, sector and security controls to get a realistic annual premium range.

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Cyber Essentials Cost Calculator and 2026 Readiness Checker
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Cyber Essentials Cost Calculator and 2026 Readiness Checker

Work out the real first-year cost of Cyber Essentials: the IASME assessment fee by company size, optional Plus audit, and the remediation spend, plus a check against the April 2026 auto-fail rules.

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Ransomware Cost Calculator: What a Cyber Attack Could Cost Your Business
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Ransomware Cost Calculator: What a Cyber Attack Could Cost Your Business

Estimate the true cost of a ransomware attack on a UK business: downtime, recovery, incident response, breach notification and the ransom decision, to help you right-size your cyber insurance cover.

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Cyber Essentials 14-Day Patch Deadline Calculator (2026 Rules)
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Cyber Essentials 14-Day Patch Deadline Calculator (2026 Rules)

Enter the date a high-risk or critical update was released and get the exact 14-day deadline to apply it under the 2026 Cyber Essentials rules, plus a check of whether you are assessed under Willow or Danzell.

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ICO Breach Notification Deadline Calculator: The 72-Hour Rule
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ICO Breach Notification Deadline Calculator: The 72-Hour Rule

Free calculator for the UK GDPR 72-hour rule. Enter when you became aware of a personal data breach and get the exact ICO reporting deadline, whether you must notify at all, and whether affected people need telling too.

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Cyber Insurance Readiness Checker: Will Insurers Quote Your Business?
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Cyber Insurance Readiness Checker: Will Insurers Quote Your Business?

Free cyber insurance readiness checker for UK businesses. Answer questions about MFA, backups, EDR and patching to get a readiness score and see which missing controls will get you declined or loaded.

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Password Strength Calculator: How Long to Crack Your Password?
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Password Strength Calculator: How Long to Crack Your Password?

Free password strength calculator. See roughly how long a modern attacker would take to crack a password of a given length and character mix, and why length matters more than swapping letters for symbols.

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GDPR Fine Calculator: Your Maximum UK GDPR Penalty Exposure

Free GDPR fine calculator for UK businesses. Enter your annual turnover and the type of infringement to see your statutory maximum penalty under both UK GDPR tiers, based on the real Article 83 limits.

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