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Using the ROI calculator will show you the Return On Investment (ROI) of the Norman SandBox Analyzer versus hiring of additional staff to be able to handle suspicious files.

Important parameters you need to supply are how many files an analyst is able to analyze per day, salaries and other fixed costs, as well as the estimated number of files that your organization will need to analyze per year.

Your company specific details will then show you how much money you will save using the Norman SandBox Analyzer in your analysis labs.

The numbers already entered are numbers based on US industry standards and US currency. However, by changing the numbers corresponding to your local currency, the form's results should apply in general.

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Cost of hiring a new analyst

Maximum number of samples one analyst can processes per day (*)
Analyst base salary
Days worked/year
Fixed training cost/year (technical trainings and industry events)
Fixed benefit costs/year (vacation, health care, retirement, and other benefits)
Overhead (office, furniture, utilities, hardware, software, etc.)
Recruiting costs (if applicable)
Management costs (if applicable)

(*) Assumes no breaks or time to rebuild/image systems

Cost of using SandBox Analyzer

Analyzer license(s) cost per year
Hardware and Setup cost (server and IT resources)
Sufficient output rate (in %)
Number of seconds to run Analyzer
Samples per day (infected only)

Your estimated number of incoming samples per year

Results

Analyst cost efficiency

(Includes salary, training, benefits, and direct overhead costs only. Does not include managerial and other indirect overhead costs.)

Analyst samples processed per year
Number of analysts needed
Cost per sample at max capacity
Cost per sample at your samples/year

Analyzer cost efficiency

(Based on supplied estimated sufficient output rate.)

Analyzer useful outputs processed per day
Analyzer useful outputs processed per year
Number of Analyzers needed
Cost per sample at max capacity
Cost per sample at your incoming samples/year
Cost savings per year at your samples/year

Average response time

Analyst (minutes)
Analyzer (minutes)
Time savings/sample(minutes)