Railguard ROI: 4‑Week Pilot → Annual
TL;DR: Pilots are designed to pay for themselves by either (a) avoiding one P1, or (b) saving 40–80 engineer‑hours through policy enforcement, audit‑ready receipts, and CI/CD time saved.
Incident Avoidance Value
(Historical P1 rate per quarter) × (Cost per P1) × (Probability reduction)
Example: 1 P1/qtr × $120k × 0.5 ≈ $60k avoided.
Engineer Time Saved
(Hours saved/week) × (loaded cost/hr) × (weeks)
Example: 10h/wk × $140/hr × 4w ≈ $5.6k.
Audit Time Saved
(Hours saved on evidence) × $140/hr
Example: 60h SOC2 evidence × $140/hr ≈ $8.4k.
- ≥95% policy precision on top 3 routes (monitor‑only)
- 100% of calls produce cryptographically signed receipts (Ed25519) with SIEM export
- One low‑risk route in enforce by Day 30 (or free extension)
Week 1
Policy packs enabled, receipt verifier running locally; SIEM export.
Week 2
Precision & latency checks (≤20ms p95 governance overhead).
Week 3
Enforce a low‑risk route; rollback plan documented.
Week 4
Exec readout: ROI, precision, incidents detected, next‑step plan.
Foundation
$150k/yrEvidence + guardrails across 1–3 teams; reduce audit toil & incident exposure.
Growth
$350k/yrAdds custom policies + SIEM integrations; broader coverage, fewer review bottlenecks.
Enterprise
$750k/yrOn‑prem/air‑gapped, HSM, 99.99%—for regulated workloads.
FTE Equivalence
≈ 0.7–1.5 senior security FTEs — without hiring, covering ongoing policy ops, evidence collection, integration work, and audit preparation.
Ready to Prove ROI?
Start with a 4-week pilot ($25k Foundation, $50k Growth) — 100% creditable to annual contract.