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SCP-2357 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-2357
Expected annual
$5.0M
One-time setup
$3.6M
Annual recurring
$5.0M
Personnel
17
Initial one-time deployment and secure archival infrastructure (~$3.56M) with dominant recurring annual costs from staff wages, productivity loss, and ongoing research/monitoring (~$4.97M/yr). Main drivers are productivity loss, research program, and digital/physical anti-leak controls.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $3.6M
Contingency Reserve $1.0M
[#19] One-time initial contingency/breach-response reserve (maintained as a fund).
Equipment $670K
[#2, #4, #10, #11, #12] Tamper-resistant frames/display hardware, inventory/asset-tracking software one-time purchase, frame sensors/tamper devices, DLP/network integration one-time costs, controlled-distribution dev/integration.
Facilities $650K
[#9, #16] Site surveillance/hardware physical upgrades and vault/archival upgrades (camera/alarm installs, vault environmental controls).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $650K
[#15] Specialized lab buildout and research instrumentation for memetic mitigation; includes human-subjects setup overhead included below.
Initial Medical Screening $350K
[#8] Baseline psychological screening for 1,000 exposed staff ($200–$500/person midpoint).
Process Changes Records Management $100K
[#21] One-time process changes to records-management and knowledge-preservation pathways.
Legal One Time $50K
[#18, #23] One-time legal/cover-story paperwork and initial domestic indemnity/legal processing costs.
Shipping Initial $30K
[#3] Secure shipping and insured courier costs for initial deployment of 1,000 copies.
Installation Labor $25K
[#5] Labor to install 1,000 frames at estimated 0.25–1 hr per placement at $40/hr (midpoint).
Training Materials Dev $25K
[#13] Development of communications/training materials (one-time).
Printing Production $10K
[#1] Initial high-quality archival printing for 1,000 placements (mid-range archival per-copy estimate).
Public Risk Contingency $0
[#24] Public-leak remediation is handled as a contingency scenario (no baseline one-time allocation recorded here).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $5.0M/yr
Staff Wages $2.0M/yr
[#4, #11, #14, #15, #17, #21, #25] Salaries (clerk/asset admin, SOC/IT staff, compliance team, research staff, guards, technical writers, program manager(s)).
Productivity Loss $1.4M/yr
[#7] Estimated productivity/opportunity cost due to adoration/compulsion effects (0.5–3% of affected staff time; midpoint for 1,000 FTEs at $80k).
Cover Story And Legal $340K/yr
[#18, #22, #23] Legal retainers, insurance premiums, and ethics/IRB administration recurring costs.
Research And Monitoring $300K/yr
[#8, #15, #22] Ongoing research consumables, trials/ethics monitoring, contracted counseling and oversight not captured in staff wages; IRB monitoring costs referenced here and/or under cover/legal.
Digital Controls $300K/yr
[#11] Enterprise DLP/content-filtering subscription, ongoing SOC/monitoring platform costs (software/service recurring).
Facilities Maintenance $180K/yr
[#9, #16, #10] Ongoing security/camera/alarm maintenance, vault monitoring/guarding, tamper-sensor battery replacement and testing.
Contingency Replenishment $100K/yr
[#19] Annual replenishment for the breach/response contingency fund.
Supplies And Consumables $80K/yr
[#6, #20] Annual replacement printing/shipping for turnover and secure destruction/replacement budgets (1–5% replacement estimate).
Training And Communications $60K/yr
[#13] Recurring training briefings for new hires/turnover and associated lost time per-attendee.
Auditing And External Services $50K/yr
[#14] External audit contractor visits and external compliance services.
Program Management Incidental $40K/yr
[#25] Incidental administrative and procurement costs associated with program management.
Logistics And Transport $30K/yr
[#3, #5, #6] Recurring courier/chain-of-custody and installation logistics for replacements/onboarding.
Controlled Distribution Hosting $30K/yr
[#12] Hosting and maintenance for secure intranet/view-only distribution platform.
Inventory License $10K/yr
[#4] Asset-tracking/license subscription recurring cost.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $5.0M/yr
90.2% probability / year
Normal operational year with no major incidents; routine turnover, maintenance, and research continue.
routine_turnover scheduled_audits ongoing_research
🚨 Minor Incident $5.2M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$250K vs baseline
Localized unauthorized copy discovered or limited internal leak requiring targeted recall, extra audits, and limited legal action.
internal_leak unauthorized dissemination
🚨 Major Breach $6.0M/yr
1.5% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline
Leak to external contractors or broader staff leading to public exposure risk and a multi-site containment/PR/legal response.
external_contractors_exposed widespread_internal_dissemination
🚨 Public Leak $15.0M/yr
0.2% probability / year +$10.0M vs baseline
Significant public leak requiring mass remediation, litigation, large PR campaign, and emergency public-health/legal interventions.
external_public_exposure media_spread
👥 Personnel 17 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 4 [#15] Core mitigation/research team (fully loaded headcount).
Security Officer / MTF Agent 5 [#17] Guards/escorts dedicated to sensitive site oversight and chain-of-custody.
Administrative Staff 1 [#4] Clerk/administrator for inventory, tracking, and compliance database.
Compliance / Internal Affairs 2 [#14] Internal compliance team conducting audits and enforcement.
Program Manager / Executive Staff 1 [#25] Program manager(s) coordinating rollout and oversight.
Technical Writer / Records Specialist 2 [#21] Technical writers/editors to preserve institutional knowledge and produce alternate documentation pathways.
SOC / IT Security Staff 2 [#11] SOC/IT staff for DLP, monitoring, and network hardening operations.
📋 Confidence Notes
Costs are order-of-magnitude estimates with high uncertainty due to memetic behavior, unknown propagation, organizational scale choices (this model uses a 1,000-placement medium-org baseline), and many contingent, scenario-dependent expenses.
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