Every misconfiguration compounds the attack surface. Every delayed remediation multiplies the cost of the inevitable breach.
Cost calculation: incident response ($82K), forensics ($51K), regulatory fines ($94K), productivity loss ($83K). Does not include reputational damage or customer churn.
| Category | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform License | $420,000 | $441,000 | $463,050 | $1,324,050 |
| Implementation Services | $85,000 | — | — | $85,000 |
| Internal Effort (FTE) | $180,000 | $120,000 | $90,000 | $390,000 |
| Total Investment | $685,000 | $561,000 | $553,050 | $1,799,050 |
| Avoided Incident Cost | $2,480,000 | $3,100,000 | $3,255,000 | $8,835,000 |
| Net Benefit | $1,795,000 | $2,539,000 | $2,701,950 | $7,035,950 |
Assumes 67% reduction in incidents (from 12 to 4 annually) based on peer deployments. License assumes 5% annual inflation.
Three-year projection showing investment recovery and sustained value
Phased rollout designed for zero disruption to production workloads
Audited annually by Deloitte. Controls cover security, availability, confidentiality. Report available under NDA.
Information security management system independently certified. Certificate #ISO27001-2023-V42.
Customer data stored in US-East (N. Virginia) or EU-West (Frankfurt) per contract. No cross-border transfer.
SAML 2.0 integration with Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspace. MFA enforced, session timeout configurable.
Vault42 cut our time-to-remediation from 18 days to under 6 hours. We prevented two would-be breaches in Q3 alone — each would have cost us seven figures.
The ROI was undeniable. Our audit committee approved the expansion after seeing just one quarter of data. Compliance now trusts that our cloud posture is under control.
Next step: executed MSA, kickoff scheduled within 10 business days, first scan results delivered week 2.