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SCP-6711 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-6711
Expected annual
$1.9M
One-time setup
$2.4M
Annual recurring
$1.8M
Personnel
13
Estimated one-time setup costs are dominated by secure facilities, contingency reserves, and specialized hardware/software; recurring annual costs are dominated by staff wages, ongoing monitoring/safety operations, and legal/cover/insurance. One-time ≈ $2.38M; recurring ≈ $1.83M/yr.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $2.4M
Contingency Large Scale Mitigation $1.0M
[#24] Reserved large-scale mitigation bucket (worst-case quick-response fund).
Incident Response Reserve $300K
[#12] Rapid-response reserve to cover immediate emergency actions, temporary quarantines, relocation, short-term hires and equipment.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $285K
[#3, #13, #21] Custom analysis sandbox development, on-prem simulation/compute cluster, initial SOP/documentation development and setup.
Equipment $210K
[#1, #2, #5, #6, #7, #14] Air-gapped archival/analysis servers, hardened workstations & peripherals, HSM hardware, initial off-site cold-copy media, initial network/SIEM/IDS tooling, initial forensic-capture system.
Facilities $200K
[#4] Secure server/analysis room construction/refit (reinforcement, biometric access, Faraday/EM shielding, dedicated HVAC/fire suppression).
Legal Cover Setup $200K
[#11] One-time legal/PR contingency reserve/establishment costs and initial cover-infrastructure expenditures.
Personnel Screening $60K
[#10] Initial background checks, polygraphs, psychological evaluations for operating team (estimate for team of ~12).
Archival Hardware Refresh $60K
[#19] Periodic hardware refresh (multi-year) for long-term retention (treated as periodic one-time budget).
Cover Infrastructure Setup $60K
[#23] One-time costs to establish front companies, pay publication fees, initial obfuscation/cover documentation creation.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.8M/yr
Staff Wages $1.2M/yr
[#8, #9] Core recurring salaries + benefits: senior anomalous researcher, 2 research analysts, InfoSec engineer, sysadmin, staff psychologist (~$850k plus benefits) plus security staff and supervisor (~$375k incl. benefits).
Research And Monitoring $434K/yr
[#3, #6, #7, #14, #15, #16, #17, #20, #13, #21, #19] Recurring costs for sandbox maintenance, off-site media refreshes, SIEM/licensing & monitoring, forensic storage retention, software licensing, red-team/memetic testing & external audits, psychological support & medical monitoring, external-event monitoring/RAISA coordination (tooling & analyst time), recurring cloud/compute costs, training refreshers, and long-term archival management.
Cover Story And Legal $135K/yr
[#11, #22, #23] Ongoing legal/PR retainer and response budget, insurance premiums and maintenance of cover infrastructure (front-company hosting, benign outputs).
Personnel Screening $15K/yr
[#10] Ongoing background monitoring, periodic polygraphs/psych evaluations and continuous insider-risk monitoring for operating staff.
Facilities Maintenance $13K/yr
[#4, #5] Utilities and maintenance for secure room, HSM/support contracts and basic facilities upkeep.
Supplies And Consumables $8K/yr
[#18] Consumables & media lifecycle: tape cartridges, write-blockers, batteries, tamper seals, sanitization supplies.
Logistics And Transport $0/yr
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⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.8M/yr
87.0% probability / year
Normal, uneventful year with standard operations, monitoring, and maintenance; no major incidents or public exposure.
routine_operations scheduled_updates no_breach
🚨 Minor Incident $2.0M/yr
12.0% probability / year +$200K vs baseline
Limited containment incident or data exfiltration requiring incident response, targeted remediation, temporary hires, extra legal/PR actions and equipment replacement.
limited_exfiltration staff_exposure sandbox_violation
🚨 Catastrophic Breach $6.8M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$5.0M vs baseline
Major containment failure or public exposure with timeline/real-world cascading effects requiring large-scale mitigation, mobilization of contingency funds, national coordination, and long-term remediation.
full_exfiltration public_exposure timeline_instability
👥 Personnel 13 total
Role Count Notes
Senior Anomalous Researcher 1 [#8] Lead researcher responsible for project oversight and anomalous analysis.
Research Analyst 2 [#8] Analysts performing day-to-day analysis and documentation.
InfoSec Engineer 1 [#8] Responsible for air-gap integrity, SIEM, HSM integration and secure tooling.
System Administrator 1 [#8] Maintains servers, backups, and hardware.
Staff Psychologist / Behavioral Analyst 1 [#8] Ongoing psychological monitoring and support for exposed staff.
Security Officer / Guard 6 [#9] 24/7 coverage across shifts for the secure facility.
Security Supervisor 1 [#9] Supervises security personnel and coordinates rapid response.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are built from analyst-provided ranges and a defensible posture (secure facility + staffed team). Significant uncertainty remains due to the object's information/temporal nature and the open-ended worst-case contingency; cost ranges reflect this uncertainty.
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