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The ROI of Cyber Readiness

A commissioned Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact™ study found that a composite organization using Hack The Box achieved a 330% ROI, $939K in net present value, and payback in under six months. Download the study to explore Forrester’s data-driven framework and the assumptions behind the results—or use the ROI calculator to apply the value drivers to your organization.

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What’s inside the study

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Threat Readiness & Incident Velocity

Discover how hands-on exposure to attacker techniques helped the composite organization improve MTTA by 50% and MTTR by 30%.

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Accelerated Onboarding & Talent Retention

See how role-relevant, hands-on development improved new-hire onboarding efficiency by 35%, helping practitioners connect individual tools and techniques within realistic workflows.

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Operational Efficiency & Workforce Visibility

Learn how penetration testers completed baseline discovery faster, avoided unproductive investigation paths, and applied tested techniques more consistently to achieve a 50% efficiency improvement.

Real Business Outcomes: Validated by the Front Lines

Here’s what HTB customers shared about the business outcomes they experience:

I think it makes us faster to our response. It makes us better at looking at what the attacker’s doing. We know the right places to look because we know what an attacker would be looking to do.

Head of Global Cyber Incident Response, Professional Services

Our IR team lost zero people when a major tech company offered double the salary. The reason was that they liked the work, they really enjoyed the challenges, and at this stage of their careers, this is what they wanted to do. This is because we’re investing in the team.

Head of Global Cyber Incident Response, Professional Services

Apply the Findings to Your Organization

The TEI study models the value achieved by a composite organization. Your workforce, costs, and operational priorities will be different.

Use the ROI calculator to explore how workforce development, onboarding, retention, incident response, and penetration-testing efficiency could influence the potential value of Hack The Box for your organization.

Build the business case

Stop Guessing. Build a Defensible Business Case.

Demand for skilled cybersecurity talent continues to outweigh supply, while evolving threats require teams to develop and validate their capabilities continuously.

Whether you’re defending your budget, responding to regulatory scrutiny, or demonstrating your team’s operational readiness, the study provides a structured framework for connecting cyber workforce development to measurable business value.

Download the full study to explore the financial model, assumptions, quantified benefits, and customer insights behind the 330% ROI.

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Disclaimer: This study was commissioned by Hack The Box and delivered by Forrester Consulting. Results are based on a risk-adjusted, three-year composite organization with more than 30,000 employees, a cybersecurity workforce of more than 300, and around 200 Hack The Box users. Actual results will vary. Forrester does not endorse Hack The Box or any other vendor.

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