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SCP-7918 Safe ✓ high confidence
SCP-7918
Expected annual
$109K
One-time setup
$90K
Annual recurring
$108K
Personnel
1
First-year setup (vault, HVAC, fire suppression, digitization, secure storage, and an on-site guard) is roughly $90k; ongoing annual costs are dominated by security wages, overhead, cybersecurity, and research/maintenance totaling ~ $108k/yr.
🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $90K
Equipment $56K
[#2, #3, #7, #8, #11, #13] Small-cabinet HVAC/environmental control ($12,000), museum-grade inert-gas fire-suppression system ($14,000), access control hardware (biometric/badge $5,000), CCTV/tamper sensors ($4,500), controlled viewing/playback equipment and room mods ($10,000), secure digital storage appliance ($10,000).
Incident Breach Response Reserve $20K
[#18] One-time reserve set-aside for emergency incident/breach response capacity (recommended reserve ~$20,000).
Facilities $5K
[#1] Vault shelving/lockable archival cabinet and tamper-evident casing; includes modest site work to install inside Site-134 media library.
Initial Research And Lab Setup $3K
[#12] One-time digitization of media (secure digitize) estimated at midpoint ($3,000) to create preservation master copies.
Disposal And Deaccessioning $2K
[#22] Controlled destruction/deaccessioning documentation/residue disposal if item retired (~$500–$5,000; midpoint used).
Background Checks Initial $2K
[#9] Initial background/security-clearance vetting for ~3 authorized personnel (range $600–$2,400; midpoint used).
Psychological Screening Initial $1K
[#10] Baseline psychological screening costs for staff with access (range per-screening $300–$800; aggregate initial budget allocated).
Transportation Initial Acquisition $1K
[#17] Secure courier/transfer cost for initial acquisition/transfer (one-off, $500–$2,500 range; midpoint used).
Cataloging And Accessioning $900
[#5] Intake paperwork, metadata entry and classification labor (8–20 hrs at $40–$75/hr; midpoint estimate).
Conservation Materials $500
[#4] Archival sleeves, acid-free boxes, gloves, backing boards initial purchase (~$200–$800 range; midpoint used).
🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $108K/yr
Staff Wages $52K/yr
[#6] One full-time Level-2/armed guard (base ~$40k + benefits ~$12k = ~$52k/yr) as minimum security coverage.
Personnel Overhead Allocation $20K/yr
[#21] Allocated share of Site-134 central costs (power, cleaning, admin), conservative allocation used (~$20,000/yr).
Research And Monitoring $10K/yr
[#12, #16] Ongoing research/analysis budget (light baseline ~$10,000/yr) plus averaged periodic migration reserve for format migration (~$200–$600/yr; midpoint ~$400 added).
Cover Story And Legal $5K/yr
[#14] Ongoing legal/compliance counsel and cover-story maintenance retainer/consultations (~$5,000/yr).
Records Retention And Redaction $3K/yr
[#19] Administrative costs for retention, redaction, selective access controls and FOIA-proofing (~$1,000–$4,000/yr; midpoint used).
Insurance $3K/yr
[#20] Specialized museum/archive insurance and liability coverage (~$1,000–$5,000/yr; midpoint used).
Cybersecurity And Digital Storage $2K/yr
[#13] Recurring costs for patching, backups, integrity checks and security monitoring for air-gapped/encrypted copies (~$1,500–$4,000/yr; midpoint used).
Facilities Maintenance $2K/yr
[#2, #3, #7, #8, #11] Ongoing HVAC electricity/maintenance (~$600/yr), fire-suppression annual testing (~$400/yr), access control maintenance/licensing (~$300/yr), CCTV/video storage/power (~$600/yr), viewing-room maintenance (~$200/yr).
Psychological Support $2K/yr
[#10] Annual employee assistance program / counseling access and periodic evaluations (~$2,000/yr recommended).
Incident Response Replenishment $2K/yr
[#18] Ongoing replenishment allocation for incident/breach response reserve if used (small annual top-up ~$2,000 assumed).
Ethics Oversight $2K/yr
[#23] Institutional review/ethics committee costs for periodic review (~$1,000–$3,000/yr; midpoint used).
Logistics And Transport $2K/yr
[#17] Average secure transport/transfer budget (~$500–$2,500 per transfer); assumed ~1 transfer/year for planning (~$1,500/yr).
Training And Staff Development $2K/yr
[#15] Annual training on handling sensitive sexual content, consent and harassment policies (~$500–$2,000/yr; midpoint used).
Supplies And Consumables $850/yr
[#4, #24] Annual replacement of conservation consumables (~$100/yr) plus miscellaneous consumables and small replacements (~$300–$1,200/yr; midpoint used).
Background Checks Rechecks $300/yr
[#9] Periodic rechecks for ~3 personnel (~$50–$200/yr per person; aggregate ~$150–$600/yr; midpoint used).
⚡ Cost Scenarios
📊 Baseline (baseline) $108K/yr
94.0% probability / year
Normal operational year with routine maintenance, one guard on staff, and light research activity; no incidents or breaches.
no_incident routine_maintenance planned_research
🚨 Minor Incident $113K/yr
5.0% probability / year +$5K vs baseline
Small unauthorized access attempt or limited data leakage requiring limited legal, PR, and containment actions.
unauthorized_access_attempt limited_data_leak localized_containment_response
🚨 Major Breach $138K/yr
1.0% probability / year +$30K vs baseline
Significant unauthorized disclosure or physical breach requiring full incident response, legal action, PR mitigation, and restoration of archives/backups.
full_physical_breach public_disclosure_of_sensitive_media multi-team_response
👥 Personnel 1 total
Role Count Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent 1 [#6] One Level-2/armed guard FTE as minimum on-site security coverage (salary+benefits reflected in staff_wages).
📋 Confidence Notes
Notes provide detailed, itemized estimates and ranges for all relevant line items; SCP is Safe and containment requirements are archival/custodial rather than anomalously uncertain, allowing high confidence in cost categorization and mid-point estimates.
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