Behind the Numbers: $40K Annual Threat Intelligence

Savings
Assumptions:

• Forty hours a week or one FTE was dedicated to

gathering threat intelligence prior to adopting AlienVault.

• The amount of time required after AlienVault was

deployed decreased to 5 hours a week with 50% of that
time savings being reallocated to other valuable
activities.

• The average hourly rate for a FTE, fully loaded, was

$36.06 and increased by 3% each year.

• The average annual subscription cost avoided for Source: The Total Economic Impact™ of AlienVault® Unified Security Management® (USM), a
outsourcing threat intelligence was $12,000. commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting, March 2018

Conclusions:
• The overall annual cost savings for the composite
organization was more than $40,000 per year
“AlienVault threat intelligence is a huge time
saver. We no longer have to read and understand
five to ten bulletins across five to six different
sources just to keep up with the latest threats.”