SCP-6289 — SCP-6289 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-6289 Unknown ~ medium confidence

SCP-6289

Expected annual

$1.5M

One-time setup

$4.0M

Annual recurring

$1.5M

Personnel

First-year/setup costs are dominated by large contingency and insurance reserves plus facility/equipment upgrades; recurring annual costs are driven by personnel, research, and incident-preparedness. Expected first-year outlay (one-time + first-year recurring) is roughly $5.47M with steady-state recurring ~ $1.48M/yr.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $4.0M

Catastrophic Contingency Reserve $2.0M

[#27] One-time emergency reserve for catastrophic escalation (evacuation, large repairs, replacements).

Insurance Reserve $1.0M

[#19] One-time self-insurance reserve fund (recommended).

Bank Draining Reserve Initial $500K

[#17] Initial reserve for account drainage contingency and restitution (one-time seed).

Facilities $155K

[#1, #14] Locker construction/upgrade and fire-suppression/structural upgrades.

Software Development $125K

[#9] One-time development of hardened management GUI, QA and red-team testing.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $95K

[#4, #7] Dedicated air-gapped sacrificial test benches and one-time archival/backup capacity purchases.

Equipment $88K

[#2, #8, #25, #3, #20] CCTV/tamper equipment, HSM purchase, UPS/generator purchase, secure transport kit, physical anchoring kits.

Initial Training Sop $15K

[#10] SOP creation and initial formal training setup.

Records Retention Setup $6K

[#26] One-time setup for secure paper backups/records retention infrastructure.

Documentation Initial $6K

[#30] One-time printing, translation, and secure distribution of containment briefs and materials.

Secure Transport Kit $5K

[#3] One-time purchase of armored/EM-shielded transfer case (kit).

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.5M/yr

Staff Wages $430K/yr

[#12, #2] Dedicated containment/cybersecurity team payroll (2–4 FTE) plus one monitoring/SOC FTE.

Research And Monitoring $430K/yr

[#23, #24] Electronic/memetic countermeasures R&D and containment audit/compliance inspections.

Opportunity Costs $125K/yr

[#28] Administrative/productivity overhead from extremely restricted (Level-5) use and process friction.

Cover Story And Legal $100K/yr

[#18] Legal retainer, cover-up/PR and contract costs (annual retainer and incident support).

On Call Incident Retainer $100K/yr

[#13] Retainer/stipend for 24/7 rapid-response incident coverage.

Supplies And Consumables $78K/yr

[#5, #29] Annual sacrificial-hardware replacement reserve and small consumables (seals, gloves, tamper-evidence).

Medical Psych Support $50K/yr

[#15] Annual reserve for medical treatment and psychological counseling after exposures/incidents.

Software Maintenance $35K/yr

[#9] Ongoing maintenance and updates to hardened management GUI and QA.

Forensic Services $30K/yr

[#6] Annual contingency for forensic imaging and data-recovery services.

O5 Administrative Overhead $24K/yr

[#11] Opportunity/administrative cost of two O5 approvals per access (assumes ~20 accesses/yr).

Secure Transport Per Transfer $20K/yr

[#3] Recurring per-transfer labor & courier overhead (assumes ~20 transfers/yr).

Anomalous Storage Handling $15K/yr

[#22] Annual budget for quarantining, scanning and sanitizing anomalous image dumps.

Hsm Maintenance $10K/yr

[#8] HSM and immutable logging system maintenance.

Training Recurring $10K/yr

[#10] Annual recertification, drills, and refresher training costs.

Facilities Maintenance $8K/yr

[#25, #14] Energy/climate-control/power running costs and annual inspections/maintenance for suppression systems.

Pest Control $6K/yr

[#16] Recurring pest control contract and routine remediation.

Clearance Reinvestigation $5K/yr

[#21] Recurring reinvestigation and clearance administration costs.

Cctv Monitoring Storage $2K/yr

[#2] Ongoing storage/monitoring costs for CCTV/tamper logs.

Records Storage Recurring $1K/yr

[#26] Ongoing secure storage costs for paper backups and offline logs.

Documentation Updates $1K/yr

[#30] Annual updates and reprints of containment briefs and materials.

Logistics And Transport $0/yr

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⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.5M/yr

82.5% probability / year

Uneventful year: routine operations, scheduled testing, and no major incidents.

routine_maintenance scheduled_testing no_incidents

🚨 Minor Incident $1.6M/yr

15.0% probability / year +$120K vs baseline

Limited containment incident (device destruction, small data loss, localized medical/cleanup/legal costs).

incorrect_password_entry failed_test limited_data_dump

🚨 Major Breach $2.5M/yr

2.0% probability / year +$1.0M vs baseline

Substantial incident with multiple destroyed devices, significant data loss and external exposure requiring restitution and PR/legal action.

multiple_device_destruction public_exposure significant_data_loss

🚨 Catastrophic Breach $6.5M/yr

0.5% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline

Large-scale escalation: mass hardware destruction, systemic data loss, widespread public exposure and large restitution/evacuation costs.

widespread_hardware_destruction mass_exposure systemic_financial_draining

👥 Personnel 4 total

Role	Count	Notes
Research Scientist / Engineer	3	[#12] Dedicated containment/cybersecurity researchers and engineers (2–4 FTE represented here).
Monitoring Tech / SOC Analyst	1	[#2] 24/7 monitoring desk / SOC analyst FTE for CCTV/tamper monitoring.

📋 Confidence Notes

Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges but SCP behaviour and incident frequency are uncertain; contingency/reserve choices and scenario probabilities are judgment-based, producing medium confidence.

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