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SCP-2753 Keter ~ medium confidence
SCP-2753
Expected annual
$8.5M
One-time setup
$835K
Annual recurring
$8.2M
Personnel
18
One-time startup costs of approximately $835,000 (development, vault, vehicle, equipment, and lab setup) and recurring annual costs of approximately $8.24M driven primarily by 24/7 SOC staffing, legal/takedown operations, rapid-response field retrievals, amnesticization programs, and large contingency reserves.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $835K
Io Silver Development $400K
[#1] I/O-SILVER initial software and ML model development, contractor engineering team (4–6 months).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $150K
[#15] Initial ML research / countermeasure lab setup and modest lab outfitting.
Secure Transport Vehicle $100K
[#9] Purchase of armored/secure van for evidence transport.
Facilities $75K
[#7] Reinforced locker/vault installation, tamper sensors, RFID inventory and certification.
Equipment $60K
[#10, #11, #12, #25] Initial on-site handling kit/PPE ($25k), CCTV one-time install ($20k), forensic tools ($5k), emergency replacement stockpile initial purchase ($10k).
Signature Database Initial $50K
[#14] Initial design/ingest of signature database of known-good/known-bad OBJ hashes and distribution pipeline.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $8.2M/yr
Contingency Reserve $2.0M/yr
[#26] Large-scale contingency/escalation reserve maintained yearly for unpredictable events (internet leaks, mass-print waves, major collapses).
Staff Wages $1.9M/yr
[#3, #8, #9, #15] 24/7 SOC analysts and supervisors (9 analysts + 2 supervisors ≈ $1.4M), site security/guards (4 guards ≈ $260k), secure-transport driver salary/maintenance portion (~$60k), research scientist salaries (2 researchers included here ~$150k).
Cover Story And Legal $1.5M/yr
[#4, #17, #20, #21] Automated takedown & legal ops (~$1,000,000/yr), covert platform cooperation/buyouts (~$100k/yr), public-relations & cover-story budget (~$200k/yr), legal protection & indemnity insurance (~$200k/yr).
Research And Monitoring $1.2M/yr
[#2, #6, #14, #16, #24] I/O-SILVER operating infrastructure ($120k/yr), amnesticization program consumables and procedures ($1,000,000/yr), signature DB maintenance ($12k/yr), honeypots/controlled seeding ($20k/yr), penetration testing/OPSEC audits ($40k/yr).
Logistics And Transport $950K/yr
[#5, #13, #18] Rapid-response field retrieval operations (~$600k/yr), secure evidence destruction/disposal logistics (~$100k/yr), international jurisdictional ops and foreign contractor travel (~$250k/yr).
Incident Remediation Reserve $500K/yr
[#19] Reserve for structural stabilization, compensation, and discreet remediation of visible damage from collapses.
Administrative Overhead $150K/yr
[#27] Finance, procurement, HR and record-keeping overhead for the program.
Staff Vetting And Clearances $30K/yr
[#22] Background checks, polygraphs, ongoing counterintelligence screening.
Psychological Care $30K/yr
[#23] Counseling, decompression, amnestic follow-ups for staff exposure and traumatic incidents.
Supplies And Consumables $15K/yr
[#10, #25] Evidence bags, tamper-evident containers, respirators and sedative restocks (~$10k) and annual replenishment of replacement stockpile (~$5k).
Facilities Maintenance $6K/yr
[#11] CCTV/network monitoring and hardware maintenance costs.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $8.2M/yr
85.0% probability / year
Normal year with no major incidents; routine monitoring, takedowns, SOC operation, and reserves maintained.
routine_detections scheduled_takedowns regular_research
🚨 Minor Incident $9.0M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$750K vs baseline
Localized collapse or targeted leak requiring additional field operations, extra amnesticizations, and PR/legal response.
small_structural_collapse localized_mass_printing high-profile_media_attention
🚨 Major Breach $13.2M/yr
3.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Significant multi-site collapse or mass-distribution/leak causing widespread structural damage, multiple casualties, and international operations.
mass_internet_leak simultaneous_multi-site_instantiations international_incident_with_casualties
👥 Personnel 18 total
Role Count Notes
SOC Analyst 9 [#3] 24/7 monitoring analysts (human-in-the-loop triage, false-positive review).
SOC Supervisor 2 [#3] Supervisory staff for 3-shift SOC operations.
Security Officer / MTF Agent 4 [#8] Site guards and armed personnel for locker/facility security.
Driver / Transport Operator 1 [#9] Secure transport driver for evidence/asset movement.
Research Scientist 2 [#15] ML/research staff working on countermeasures and model improvements.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst-provided line-item estimates are detailed and consistent, producing a plausible budget baseline; uncertainty remains around frequency and scale of online propagation events, international cooperation variability, and reserve replenishment policies, so confidence is medium.
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