3334

W. Main St., Suite 312

Norman, OK 73072
c: 405.496.4353
leestauss@anchorpointglobal.com

Total Cost of Ownership

Monitoring Costs for a
Medium-Sized
Business

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

Monitoring Costs for

a Medium-Sized
Business

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

In-house

Outsourced to Anchor Point Global

HUMAN RESOURCES

Implementa5on fees
(3 sensors)

$18,000

$18,000

$18,000

3 IDS/IPS sensors
(3,500$/sensor/month)

$126,000

$378,000

$630,00
0

Annual maintenance

$0

$0

$0

Vulnerability scanner

$0

$0

$0

Log aggrega5on

$0

$0

$0

$396,000 $648,00
0

Recruitment fees for

specialized resources

$22,500

$22,500

$22,500

2 full-5me employees

$150,000

$450,000

$750,000

Sta management (15%

annual salary of the
manager)

$15,000

$45,000

$75,000

Specialized training
($3,000/year/employee)

$6,000

$12,000

$18,000

Subtotal (HR)

$193,500

$529,500

$865,500

Total (Anchor Point

Global)

$144,000

3 IDS/IPS sensors and

management console

$154,000

$154,000

$154,000

Monitoring Costs for a

Medium-Sized Business

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

IDS/IPS annual maintenance

$30,800

$115,500

$231,000

Minimum Savings

Vulnerability scanner
(so8ware and server)

$3,500

$10,500

$17,500

$400,300

$644,750

$945,000

Log aggrega5on
(SIEM appliance)

$125,000

$125,000

$125,000

SIEM deployment
(10% minimum)

$12,500

$12,500

$12,500

$1,439,000

$2,243,250

SIEM annual maintenance

$25,000

$93,750

Total (HR & Hardware)

$544,300

$1,040,75
0

HARDWARE

$187,500

$1,593,000

Calcula5ons for 2 employees

providing support from
9 to 5 with 24/7 pager

Saving vs. 24/7 Opera^ons

Calcula5on for 5 employees
providing 24/7
monitoring**

$678,550

** A two full 5me employees security team with 24/7 pager s5ll
exposes an organiza5on to a signicant security gap, a minimum
of 5 employees is required to provide real 24/7 monitoring
coverage

Research courtesy Above Security