Calculate the Business Value of
Evidence-Driven Security Validation.
Estimate how much time and money your organization could save by reducing manual triage, accelerating validation, automating evidence collection, improving reporting, and continuously revalidating remediation. Hayrok helps security teams focus on confirmed risk instead of spending limited resources investigating assumptions.
This calculator uses your inputs and editable assumptions. Estimated incident-loss avoidance is excluded from the default ROI calculation.
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Security Program.
Assumptions are shown clearly and every one is editable. The calculator does not describe all external testing as replaceable. The Quick Estimate assumes 1.5 hours per manual validation — editable in the Detailed Estimate.
Step 3 · Your Results
QuickModeled estimate — not a measured customer result.
Estimated annual gross value
$97,680
Annual net benefit
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First-year ROI
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Payback period
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Three-year net value
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Hours returned / yr
1,008
FTE capacity returned
0.48
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Value Breakdown
Methodology v1.0 · Calculated August 17, 2026 · Based on your inputs · Results may vary
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Methodology
Five Value Categories.
The Detailed Estimate models operational value across five categories. Every formula is shown, every percentage is editable, and every example below uses illustrative sample assumptions.
Finding triage & prioritization
Inputs: findings reviewed per month, average minutes per finding, fully loaded hourly cost, and estimated triage-effort reduction.
Annual findings = monthly findings × 12. Current annual triage hours = annual findings × average minutes ÷ 60. Annual triage savings = triage hours × reduction × hourly cost.
Example: 600 × 12 × 20 ÷ 60 = 2,400 annual triage hours; at 40% and $85, that is 2,400 × 0.40 × $85 = $81,600.
Technical validation efficiency
Inputs: high-priority findings validated per month, average hours per manual validation, estimated validation-effort reduction, and hourly cost.
Annual manual validation hours = monthly validations × 12 × hours per validation. Annual validation savings = validation hours × reduction × hourly cost.
Example: 40 × 12 × 1.5 = 720 hours; at 50% and $85, that is 720 × 0.50 × $85 = $30,600.
Evidence & reporting efficiency
Inputs: reports produced annually, average hours per report, estimated reporting-effort reduction, and hourly cost. Reports may include technical, executive, customer-assurance, detection-coverage, and control-effectiveness reports, plus audit and evidence packages.
Annual reporting savings = reports per year × hours per report × reduction × hourly cost.
Example: 24 × 8 × 0.60 × $85 = $9,792.
Remediation revalidation efficiency
Inputs: findings remediated annually, average hours to retest each finding, estimated revalidation-effort reduction, and hourly cost.
Annual revalidation savings = remediated findings × hours per revalidation × reduction × hourly cost.
Example: 240 × 0.75 × 0.50 × $85 = $7,650.
External testing & consulting optimization
Inputs: annual penetration-testing spend, annual retesting spend, external validation consulting spend, and estimated spend optimization. Hayrok does not assume organizations will eliminate independent penetration testing or specialized consulting — this represents work that may be reduced, redirected, automated, or performed more continuously.
External spend optimization = eligible annual external spend × optimization percentage.
Example: $120,000 × 20% = $24,000.
Total ROI Formulas
- Annual gross benefit = triage + validation + reporting + revalidation + external optimization + approved optional savings
- First-year cost = subscription + implementation + private runner / deployment + optional services
- Net annual benefit = gross benefit − first-year cost
- First-year ROI = (net ÷ first-year cost) × 100
- Payback (months) = first-year cost ÷ (gross ÷ 12)
- Annual hours returned = triage + validation + reporting + revalidation + assurance hours saved
- FTE returned = hours returned ÷ annual productive hours (default 2,080; conservative 1,800)
- Three-year net value = 3-yr benefits − 3-yr costs, with configurable finding growth, labor-cost increase, subscription increase, one-time implementation, and environment expansion
Worked Example
Illustrative. Reconciled.
Not a Guaranteed Outcome.
Using the conservative sample inputs — 8 team members at $85 per hour; 600 findings per month at 20 minutes each; 40 validations per month at 1.5 hours; 24 reports at 8 hours; 240 remediated findings at 0.75 hours; $120,000 external testing; $90,000 subscription plus $15,000 implementation — and the sample assumptions (triage 40%, validation 50%, reporting 60%, revalidation 50%, external optimization 20%).
In this example, the program returns approximately 1,525 security-team hours per year, roughly 0.73 full-time-equivalent capacity at 2,080 productive hours. The largest value area is finding triage and prioritization, about 53 percent of the estimated operational benefit. These figures are an illustrative example, not a guaranteed customer outcome, and they exclude potential incident-loss avoidance, downtime reduction, regulatory-loss avoidance, and revenue protection.
Estimated Annual Value by Category
Modeled estimate — not a measured customer result.| Finding triage and prioritization | $81,600 |
| Technical validation efficiency | $30,600 |
| Evidence and reporting efficiency | $9,792 |
| Remediation revalidation efficiency | $7,650 |
| External testing optimization | $24,000 |
| Annual gross benefit | $153,642 |
| First-year Hayrok cost | $105,000 |
| Net first-year benefit | $48,642 |
| First-year ROI | 46 percent |
| Estimated payback | 8.2 months |
Current-State vs. Hayrok, Same Inputs
| Metric | Current | With Hayrok | Est. improvement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual triage hours | 2,400 | 1,440 | 960 |
| Annual validation hours | 720 | 360 | 360 |
| Reporting hours | 192 | 77 | 115 |
| Revalidation hours | 180 | 90 | 90 |
| External testing spend | $120,000 | $96,000 | $24,000 |
| Estimated annual operational value | $153,642 |
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Industry Presets
Starting Assumptions, Not Benchmarks.
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Your Personalized ROI Report
Results First.
Business Case Second.
This calculator does not require a form before showing results — you see immediate, high-level results first. When you are ready to build a downloadable business case, our team prepares a personalized ROI report: "Hayrok Security Validation ROI Estimate," prepared for your company and dated with a methodology version.
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Trust Principles Built In
Show the math
Every result includes a "see calculation" action with the formula and your numbers.
Every assumption is editable
Every savings percentage on this page can be changed to your own estimate.
Conservative defaults
Improvements above 50 percent are avoided unless supported by verified customer evidence.
Hard value separated from soft value
Operational savings are separated from optional risk-reduction estimates.
Directional language
Results are "estimated," "potential," and "based on your inputs" — results may vary.
Presets are not benchmarks
Industry presets are starting assumptions until validated customer data exists.
Dated, versioned methodology
Every exported calculation is dated and carries a methodology version (v1.0).
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions.
How does the Hayrok ROI calculator work?
It estimates potential value using your inputs for finding volume, security-team effort, technical validation, reporting, revalidation, external testing, and expected Hayrok investment, applied to editable, conservative assumptions.
Are the results guaranteed?
No. Results are directional estimates based on your inputs and assumptions. Actual outcomes depend on adoption, environment, workflows, integrations, and use cases.
Does the calculator include the value of prevented breaches?
Not by default. The standard calculation focuses on defensible operational value. You can optionally estimate risk-reduction value using your own approved assumptions, shown separately.
How conservative are the default assumptions?
Defaults are intentionally conservative, and improvement percentages above 50 percent are avoided unless supported by verified customer evidence. Every percentage is editable.
Does Hayrok replace penetration testing?
Not necessarily. Hayrok can make recurring validation and retesting more efficient, while independent testing may remain important for assurance, specialized assessments, or regulatory requirements.
Does Hayrok replace vulnerability scanners?
No. Hayrok can use scanner findings as inputs and validate which conditions are exploitable, active, reachable, or connected to critical business assets.
What should be included in security-team cost?
Use a fully loaded hourly rate that includes salary, benefits, payroll costs, equipment, and organizational overhead.
Can I use the results for a business case?
Yes. You can generate a personalized report with your inputs, assumptions, calculations, estimated value, and a three-year projection.
Do you store my inputs?
Inputs are not stored without clear consent, and results are shown before any form is required.
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