SCP-6389
Unknown
~
medium confidence
SCP-6389
Expected annual
$5.5M
One-time setup
$10.0M
Annual recurring
$5.3M
Personnel
39
Initial one-time containment and mitigation work is estimated near $10M driven primarily by contingency/reserve and facility hardening; ongoing annual operations are roughly $5.3M/year driven by staff wages (security, cyber, research) and continuous monitoring.
One-Time Capital Costs
Total: $10.0M
Annual Recurring Costs
Total: $5.3M/yr
Cost Scenarios
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Baseline
(baseline)
$5.3M/yr
Routine year with no major incidents; containment measures and monitoring operate as planned.
no_incident
routine_operations
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Minor Incident
$5.6M/yr
Temporary unauthorized edits or brief restoration incident requiring incident response and forensic analysis.
unauthorized_edits
temporary_network_access
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Major Breach
$7.0M/yr
Persistent breach requiring physical seizure, facility hardening (Faraday), hardware replacement, and extended restoration.
persistent_network_persistence
physical_seizure_required
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Catastrophic Breach
$14.5M/yr
Anomalous bypass of isolation or contamination requiring demolition, large contingency deployment, full rebuild, and multi-month response.
bypass_physical_isolation
site_contamination_or_demolition
Personnel
39 total
| Role | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer / MTF Agent | 12 | [#4] 12 armed guards (3 shifts × 4) for 24/7 physical security. |
| Security Management / Site Security Chief | 4 | [#5] Senior security officers and tactical response coordinators. |
| Cybersecurity Analyst / AI Containment Engineer | 6 | [#6] Ongoing cyber/AI team to monitor, sandbox, and develop containment software. |
| Research Scientist / Document Specialist / Archivist | 7 | [#7] Team to catalogue, audit, and restore altered Foundation documentation. |
| Red Team / Penetration Testers | 4 | [#12] Internal adversary simulation and penetration-testing staff. |
| Records & Audit / Internal Investigators | 3 | [#24] Ongoing auditing of containment procedures and access logs. |
| Monitoring / Archivists | 3 | [#29] Long-term monitoring and archival-integrity program staff. |
Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line-item ranges allowing midrange estimates, but true costs depend heavily on the anomaly's unknown persistence and ability to bypass physical isolation; contingency items introduce substantial uncertainty.