Your SOC Inputs

Endpoint Count

50 endpoints

10500

Coverage Model

24/7 SOC Coverage

Requires ≥6 analyst FTEs to avoid burnout

Business Hours Only (8×5)

Requires ≥2 analyst FTEs minimum

Staffing Costs

SOC Analyst Loaded Salary ($/yr)

Includes benefits, payroll tax, equity (~30% load)

$115,000 /yr

$85K$160K

SOC Analysts (FTEs)

6 analysts

112

SOC Manager Salary ($/yr)

$165,000 /yr

$120K$220K

Training & Certs ($/analyst/yr)

$8,000 /analyst

$2K$20K

Annual Turnover Cost

Recruiting + ramp for 1 analyst/yr (avg SOC tenure ~18 mo)

Tool Stack (annual)

SIEM (Splunk / Sentinel / Elastic)

$80K–$300K based on EPS

EDR (CrowdStrike / SentinelOne)

~$65/endpoint/yr

SOAR Platform

$40K–$120K/yr

Threat Intel Feeds

$30K/yr

Vulnerability Scanner

$25K/yr

Overhead

Facilities & Overhead (% of staff cost)

Office, HR, IT, management share (~15% is conservative)

15 %

5%35%

Annual Cost Comparison

In-House SOC — Total Annual Cost

$—

Calculating…

CoreRecon Sentinel ($89/ep/mo) $—

CoreRecon Fortress ($129/ep/mo) $—

CoreRecon Command (≥100 ep) Custom

You save with Sentinel

$—

— vs in-house annual cost

⚠ Coverage gap risk: 24/7 SOC requires ≥6 FTEs to sustain coverage without burnout or single-point-of-failure. At your current headcount, nights, weekends, and holidays are uncovered or require constant overtime — accelerating turnover.

Cost Per Endpoint (Annual)

In-House	$—
CoreRecon Sentinel	$1,068
CoreRecon Fortress	$1,548

Time to Operational Capability

In-House

6–9 months

CoreRecon

14 days

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