Estimate annual downtime cost from incidents handled by a Security Operations Center. Combine incident frequency, average downtime, hourly revenue loss, affected staff productivity, and SOC-driven time reduction to compare baseline and residual interruption cost.
Residual downtime cost is the interruption expense remaining after the selected time reduction.
Only add cost categories that are distinct. Revenue loss and lost productivity can overlap in some operating models.
At 8 incidents, 12 hours each, $18,000 hourly revenue loss, and 160 employees at $60/hour, baseline annual cost is $2,649,600. A 35% reduction leaves $1,722,240.
No. Include unplanned security-related interruptions whose duration the SOC can influence.
Exclude overlap or model alternative scenarios so the same economic loss is not counted twice.
No. This calculator applies it to downtime cost; adjust incident frequency separately if prevention is also expected.
Yes, if the hourly loss inputs are adjusted to reflect the reduced business impact of partial degradation.
This model focuses on time-dependent interruption cost. Add fixed response cost to a separate expected-loss analysis if needed.
| Variable | Meaning | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Downtime | Business interruption duration | hours |
| Revenue loss | Foregone contribution or revenue per hour | USD/hour |
| Labor impact | Affected people × loaded labor cost | USD/hour |
| Reduction | Time-based cost reduction from controls | % |