SCP-7335 Unknown ? low confidence
SCP-7335
Expected annual
$26.5M
One-time setup
$28.5M
Annual recurring
$24.9M
Personnel
20
Estimated one-time setup costs are approximately $28.5M driven by secure enclaves, large-scale sandbox/migration infrastructure, and R&D; recurring operations and readiness average ~$24.9M/yr driven by specialized staff, contingency reserves, insurance/legal, and ongoing compute/monitoring.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $28.5M
Equipment $19.5M
[#2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #8, #12, #13, #14, #15, #19, #22, #25] HSMs and crypto modules; next‑gen firewalls procurement; quarantine compute cluster hardware; backup appliances/tape library; SIEM platform and sensors; shutdown automation tooling; identity/privilege hardware/tooling; post‑quantum migration hardware; honeypot/infrastructure; migration architecture hardware/software; secure erasure/destruction equipment; secure uplink/comm hardware; technical kill‑switch implementation.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $4.0M
[#7] R&D lab buildout and initial multi‑year formal verification/counter‑algorithm tooling and payroll (one‑time portion of multi‑year project).
Legal Pr Retainer $2.8M
[#9] Immediate legal/PR retainer and initial ethical review coordination (one‑time retainer estimate).
Facilities $2.0M
[#2, #11] Secure Interaction Enclave build/outfit and initial physical security upgrades (Faraday/structural work, access control upgrades).
Vendor Vetting $175K
[#17] One‑time secure supply‑chain/vendor vetting and procurement assurance costs.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $24.9M/yr
Cover Story And Legal $5.5M/yr
[#9, #21] Ongoing legal/ethics engagement, PR and insurance/political risk mitigation premiums or reserves.
Staff Wages $4.0M/yr
[#1] Level‑5+ senior researchers and support ops/sysadmin/IR staff (payroll for core containment & monitoring team).
Contingency Reserve $3.0M/yr
[#20] Multi‑year/annual reserve set aside to scale containment if SCP‑7335 spreads (25%–100% of baseline reserve policy applied).
Migration Operations $2.8M/yr
[#15] Ongoing operations to migrate live entities during outages, synchronization and continuity operations.
Public Safety Contingency $2.5M/yr
[#24] Standby MTF‑like rapid response teams and coordination with emergency services in case of meatspace effects.
Psychological Support $1.1M/yr
[#10] Therapists, debriefing teams and long‑term counseling for operators and affected simulated minds.
Research And Monitoring $900K/yr
[#6] SIEM / forensic telemetry licensing, ingestion costs and persistent monitoring platform operations (recurring).
Energy And Cooling $650K/yr
[#16] Incremental power, cooling and generator maintenance for expanded compute/storage.
Compute Operations $625K/yr
[#4] Ongoing power, replacement, and cloud‑bursting costs for quarantine/sandbox compute farm.
Physical Security $600K/yr
[#11] Onsite guards, biometric systems maintenance and site security recurring costs.
Vendor Audits $550K/yr
[#17] Annual third‑party code/audit fees, supply‑chain assurance and independent reviews.
R And D Followon $500K/yr
[#7] Recurring testing, validation and follow‑on verification after main R&D phase.
Honeypot Operations $375K/yr
[#14] Operational moderation, simulated activity and content upkeep for deception/honeypot environments.
Outage Drills And Ops $300K/yr
[#8] Periodic drills, orchestration ops and procedural exercising for controlled shutdowns.
Red Team Exercises $300K/yr
[#18] Adversarial testing, war games and full failover drills.
Communications Maintenance $275K/yr
[#22] Bandwidth, satellite links and maintenance for hardened uplink endpoints.
Network Maintenance And Licensing $250K/yr
[#3] Next‑gen firewall maintenance, microsegmentation licensing, and network/hypervisor patch support.
Identity Maintenance $175K/yr
[#12] Ongoing maintenance of hardened identity, tokens, approval workflows and emergency revocation systems.
Crypto Migration Maintenance $175K/yr
[#13] Post‑quantum key rotation, HSM maintenance and crypto program recurring costs.
Training $175K/yr
[#23] Operator training, certification and periodic recertification programs.
Storage Maintenance $150K/yr
[#5] Backup storage maintenance, rotation, vaulting and cold‑storage upkeep.
Logistics And Transport $55K/yr
[#19] Artifact/disposal contracts and secure transport/disposal recurring costs.
Facilities Maintenance $0/yr
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Supplies And Consumables $0/yr
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Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $24.9M/yr
90.8% probability / year
Normal operating year with no major incidents; containment systems and monitoring operate as planned.
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🚨 Minor Incident $26.9M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$2.0M vs baseline
Localized infestation requiring additional containment surge, temporary outages and extra legal/ops costs.
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🚨 Major Breach $74.9M/yr
1.0% probability / year +$50.0M vs baseline
Widespread propagation across many subsimulations requiring mass outages, large migrations and significant compensation/legal action.
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🚨 Political Exposure $524.9M/yr
0.2% probability / year +$500.0M vs baseline
Public disclosure or international political fallout forcing massive reparations, indemnities and sustained mitigation costs.
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👥 Personnel 20 total
Role Count Notes
Research Scientist 8 [#1] Level‑5+ senior researchers / lead cryptographers required for direct engagement and R&D oversight.
Support Ops / Sysadmin / Incident Responder 12 [#1] 24/7 operations staff, digital containment specialists and sysadmins to monitor uplinks and initiate quarantines.
📋 Confidence Notes
Estimates are low‑confidence due to wide ranges in analyst notes, high sensitivity to scale of infected subsimulations, and extremely uncertain contingent legal/political outcomes which dominate tail risk.
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