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SCP-7592 Unknown ~ medium confidence
SCP-7592
Expected annual
$1.8M
One-time setup
$1.4M
Annual recurring
$1.8M
Personnel
1282
Baseline (25-site network, contact-only reading policy) has one-time setup costs ~USD 1.36M (cameras, secure storage fitout, dev, training) and recurring operations ~USD 1.77M/yr, driven primarily by personnel time (reading/comprehension + daily monitoring) and ongoing research/analysis/archival.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $1.4M
Equipment $622K
[#1, #4, #13, #14, #19] Per-site hardware: 25-site camera installs, sign-removal kits, visitor-screening kits, basic site testing equipment, secure kiosks and temporary signage stock (aggregated).
Facilities $250K
[#5] Secure storage/vault fitout for 25 sites (selected midpoint per-site fitout assumptions).
Central Monitoring Dev $162K
[#1] Centralized image-recognition / monitoring development & integration (one-time central development budget, midpoint chosen).
Central Incident Db Dev $138K
[#7] One-time development for central incident database & compliance logging (midpoint estimate).
Initial Research And Lab Setup $100K
[#14] Centralized higher-end lab gear / research instrumentation for memetic/forensic work (mid-range one-time purchase).
Policy Drafting $50K
[#11] One-time legal/ethics committee and policy drafting costs (mid-range estimate).
Training Development $40K
[#18] One-time e-learning / SOP rollout development (midpoint).
Aggregate Examples $0
[#20] Aggregate budgeting examples provided in analyst notes; stored for reference, not separately budgeted here.
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $1.8M/yr
Staff Wages $856K/yr
[#2, #3] Security daily rounds (one guard per site; aggregated) and personnel time costs for contact-only reading policy (50 staff/site productivity cost aggregated across 25 sites).
Research And Monitoring $430K/yr
[#6, #7, #8] Ongoing research program (small program mid-range), per-instance evidence analysis budget, and hosting/support for central systems (hosting included here).
Archival And Cataloguing $125K/yr
[#15] Imaging, transcription, redaction and secure digital archive costs (assumed moderate archival volume aggregated across sites).
Cover Story And Legal $120K/yr
[#11, #12] PR/cover retainer and recurring legal/ethics committee oversight costs.
Supplies And Consumables $54K/yr
[#4, #13] Per-removal consumables (bags, seals, transport packaging) aggregated with ongoing signage/printing replacements.
Logistics And Transport $50K/yr
[#9] Per-deployment mobile response costs (assumes a small number of deployments/year rather than full standing-readiness).
Monitoring Cloud Compute $45K/yr
[#1] Ongoing cloud/compute hosting for image-recognition & automated alerts (~$150/site/month aggregated across 25 sites).
Facilities Maintenance $44K/yr
[#5, #19] Monitoring/alarm maintenance for secure storage and recurring maintenance for kiosks/signal-control hardware (aggregated mid-range).
It Security And Maintenance $25K/yr
[#19] Recurring maintenance and security for secure-viewing kiosks / redaction tools / controlled-access IT.
Mental Health Surveillance $10K/yr
[#10] Baseline psych/memetic screening & counseling budget for exposed personnel (modest utilization assumed).
Training Refresh $10K/yr
[#18] Annual refresh/update for SOP training and e-learning delivery (modest recurring cost).
Hazardous Disposal Contingency $5K/yr
[#16] Contingency budget for specialized disposal or contractor work if required (low-frequency).
Additional Security Staffing $0/yr
[#17] Additional guard staffing is not budgeted in baseline (0 assumed); line item retained for scenario escalation planning.
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $1.8M/yr
90.0% probability / year
Uneventful year with contact-only reading policy, moderate research activity, no major incidents.
routine_sign_manifests standard removals no public exposure
🚨 Minor Incident $1.8M/yr
8.0% probability / year +$20K vs baseline
Single-site visible manifestation requiring PR response and a rapid deployment; small additional analysis required.
visible public exposure at one site single rapid-deployment targeted forensic analysis
🚨 Major Breach $2.3M/yr
2.0% probability / year +$500K vs baseline
Signage causes widespread classified exposure or memetic hazard requiring large-scale response, media control, and expanded forensic/medical support.
large-scale classified leak memetic hazard requiring containment expansion media attention
👥 Personnel 1282 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 25 [#2] One guard per site performing daily rounds/monitoring (aggregated across 25 sites).
On-site Staff (general employees subject to reading) 1250 [#3] Contact-only reading-policy model: ~50 employees/site whose productivity loss is accounted for in staff_wages (50*25 sites). These are existing staff, not new hires.
Research Scientist 3 [#8, #6] Central research team (memeticists/forensic staff) funded by research program and per-analysis budgets.
IT / Systems Administrator 1 [#1, #7, #19] Central monitoring and incident DB hosting/support requires at least one dedicated/sysadmin contractor on-call (costs folded into hosting/support and research budgets).
Medical Officer / Counselor 1 [#10] Medical/mental-health staff for baseline screening and follow-up; modest utilization assumed.
Administrative Staff 2 [#11, #12] Legal/ethics/PR coordination and administrative overhead for policy and cover-story coordination.
📋 Confidence Notes
Analyst notes provide detailed line items and ranges, but wide per-item ranges and necessary assumptions (notably assumed 25-site baseline, contact-only reading model, assumed frequencies of removals/analyses/deployments) drive uncertainty. Figures reflect midpoint choices and conservative operational assumptions.
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