2027 SOC Budget Kit:
Price Every Covered Hour
Our kit turns coverage hours into a 2027 security operations budget, with BLS wage data, a build-vs-buy calculator, and three board slides, so you can:
Why Use the 2027 SOC Budget Kit?
2027 security budgets are set this quarter, and most SOC lines start from seats and salaries, leaving nights, weekends, and each hire's full cost for the board.
Build headcount from coverage hours.
One seat staffed around the clock needs 8,760 hours of cover a year, or 4.76 analysts after leave.
Price people fully loaded.
BLS median wages for analysts and managers (May 2025) plus the June 2026 benefits share, so the CFO adds nothing.
Compare build and buy on one sheet.
A Google Sheet calculator prices one or two 24/7 seats in-house against the fee from your own provider quote.
Present one clear budget request.
A 10-point budget defense checklist and three editable board slides turn your numbers into one decision the board can approve.
What's Inside?
24/7 staffing math that turns coverage hours into headcount, with business-hours, one-seat, and two-seat models priced at BLS medians at $369,086, $1,172,914, and $2,095,629 a year in people cost.
A fully loaded cost table for analysts and SOC managers, built from May 2025 BLS median wages and the June 2026 benefits share, ready to drop into your budget.
An in-house vs outsourced calculator in Google Sheets with a worked example priced line by line, using an illustrative provider fee that comes from no price list.
A 10-point budget defense checklist and three editable board slides in Google Slides, with blanks for your covered hours, annual cost, and the decision you need.
Get the 2027 SOC Budget Kit
to price around-the-clock coverage from hours, compare build and buy on your own quote, and bring three slides to the board.
Download the SOC Budget Kit
Why UnderDefense?
At UnderDefense, we cover the nights and weekends a business-hours team cannot staff, on top of the SIEM and EDR you already run.
- Every hour covered: Analysts on shift 24/7, without five new hires.
- Answers on critical alerts: Analysts respond within a 20-minute SLA.
- Your stack stays: Works on top of your SIEM and EDR.
- Your analysts stay: They keep the work that needs your context.
- Proven at scale: 500+ enterprises run security operations with us.
