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SCP-5092 Unknown ✓ high confidence
SCP-5092
Expected annual
$758K
One-time setup
$1.1M
Annual recurring
$740K
Personnel
8
One-time setup is approximately $1,125,000 driven primarily by covert camera hardware, installation, networking and storage; annual operations are approximately $740,500 driven mainly by staff wages, camera maintenance, and legal/cover costs.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.1M
Equipment $910K
[#1, #3, #4, #14, #17, #20] Covert camera hardware (#1), networking & comms appliances (#3), on-site SAN/storage (#4), UPS/hardware install (#14), initial HSM/key-management hardware (#17), and van purchase & deployment kit (#20).
Facilities $125K
[#2] Camera installation & structural/integration labor, routing power/network, concealment and specialized installation work.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $60K
[#6] Development & testing of A5092.amk algorithm, licensing and initial validation (one-time engineering cost).
Administrative Setup $20K
[#16, #18] Initial security clearance/background vetting fees (#16) and one-time legal/interagency setup and MOU work (#18).
Decommissioning And Disposal $10K
[#23] Secure wipe and physical destruction of storage devices and cameras at end of program.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $740K/yr
Staff Wages $485K/yr
[#9, #10, #11, #12] IT sysadmin/devops technician (#9), project coordinator/liaison (#10), monitoring analysts & on-call reviewer (#11), and field response agents rotation (#12).
Facilities Maintenance $130K/yr
[#13, #14, #15] Camera maintenance & replacement reserve (~10% of capital) (#13), generator fuel/maintenance for resiliency (#14 recurring), and Site-10 incremental overhead (power, cooling, rack space) (#15).
Cover Story And Legal $75K/yr
[#18, #19] Ongoing legal retainer/interagency liaison and compliance work (#18 recurring), plus contingency/PR/leak-mitigation fund (#19).
Research And Monitoring $16K/yr
[#5, #7, #8] Off-site backup/DR operations (#5), annual algorithm maintenance/audit/model validation (#7), and runtime compute/inference costs (#8).
Supplies And Consumables $10K/yr
[#22] Cables, fasteners, batteries, replacement housings, travel per diems for installers and small consumables.
Training And Drills $10K/yr
[#21] Periodic exercises to validate installs, algorithm alerts, agent dispatch procedures and chain-of-command for flagged events.
Cybersecurity And Km $8K/yr
[#17] Annual audits, key management operations, periodic pen-testing and incident response readiness for encryption/HSM systems.
Logistics And Transport $5K/yr
[#20] Operating costs, fuel and basic upkeep for rapid-deployment van and portable kits.
Security Clearances Renewal $2K/yr
[#16] Recurring clearance renewals and periodic background rechecks.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $740K/yr
94.5% probability / year
Normal year with routine operations and no discovery or major incidents.
no_camera_discovery routine_maintenance regular_algorithm_audits
🚨 Minor Incident $940K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Single camera discovered or a small leak requiring targeted PR, legal response, and some equipment replacement.
single_camera_discovery small_data_leak localized_public_scrutiny
🚨 Major Breach $2.2M/yr
0.5% probability / year +$1.5M vs baseline
Widespread discovery/leak with significant political exposure requiring broad legal defense, major replacements and extended incident response.
multiple_camera_discoveries press_exposure formal_inquiry_or_litigation
👥 Personnel 8 total
Role Count Notes
IT Technician / DevOps 1 Full-time sysadmin to manage cameras, recording systems and software updates (#9, $70,000/yr).
Project Coordinator / Liaison 1 Manager to coordinate with Secret Service/White House and schedule installs (#10, $90,000/yr).
Monitoring Analyst / On-call Reviewer 2 One part-time reviewer and one analyst for human review and triage of flagged clips (#11, combined $85,000/yr).
Security Officer / Field Response Agent 4 Rotational agents for on-call dispatch and rapid insertion to fit temporary cameras (#12, 4×$60,000 = $240,000/yr).
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provide detailed line-item estimates, vendor-scale hardware counts, and explicit staffing assumptions; costs are dominated by observable capital and personnel items with limited anomalous uncertainty.
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