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The ROI of BluSKY for Financial Institutions

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Table of Contents:

  • ROI drivers by regulatory/compliance category
  • Assumptions and cost basis (industry averages + conservative estimates you can adjust)
  • Per-section ROI calculations
  • Total enterprise ROI for a typical financial institution
  • A final “ROI Snapshot” summary suitable for marketing or board presentations

FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ROI MODEL

BluB0X AI + BluSKY Unified Security Platform

Institution Profile Assumptions (Conservative Baseline) Use these as defaults unless replaced with building-specific numbers.

Variable Assumption (Conservative)
# of Branches 50
# of Employees 2,000
# of Vendors (active) 300
# of Existing Security Systems 5–7 independent systems
Annual Security Operating Budget $3M–$6M
Audit Frequency 2–4 per year
Average Hourly Cost of Security/Compliance Staff $75/hour loaded cost
Average Hourly Cost of IT/SOC Staff $125/hour loaded cost

Note: All ROI numbers below scale up or down linearly for smaller/larger institutions.

SECTION 1: Physical & Electronic Security Integration

Legacy Cost Burdens

  • Multiple hardware platforms (access, alarms, video, visitor mgmt)
  • Multiple support agreements
  • Redundant licensing
  • Siloed maintenance teams
  • Integration costs between incompatible systems

BluSKY Savings

  • Replace 5–7 systems with 1 cloud-native platform
  • One support agreement
  • Lower hardware footprint
  • No local servers/NVRs/DVRs
  • Remote support eliminates site visits

Quantitative ROI Calculation

Cost Driver Legacy Cost BluSKY Cost Annual Savings

  • Hardware refresh cycles $450K $200K $250K
  • On-site maintenance visits $150K $25K $125K
  • Support contracts (5 systems) $300K $140K $160K
  • Integration upkeep $75K $0 $75K

Annual ROI (Section 1)
$610,000 savings
ROI: ~52% improvement in total physical/electronic security cost efficiency

SECTION 2: Cybersecurity of Physical Devices

Legacy Cost Burdens

  • Unpatched cameras/controllers = cyber risk
  • Manual device monitoring
  • Labor-intensive firmware updates
  • IT security incident escalations
  • Vulnerabilities → audit findings → remediation cost

BluSKY Savings

  • Cloud-managed updates
  • Automated vulnerability elimination
  • No NVR/DVR cyber exposure
  • Continuous monitoring reduces SOC response load
  • Lower cyber insurance premiums (documented effect)

Quantitative ROI Calculation

Cost Driver Legacy Cost BluSKY Cost Annual Savings

  • Manual patching labor $100K $5K $95K
  • Cyber incident investigation $120K $30K $90K
  • Insurance premium load $80K $64K $16K
  • IT support time $160K $40K $120K

Annual ROI (Section 2)
$321,000 savings
ROI: ~68% reduction in cyber-related physical security costs

SECTION 3: Identity, Visitor, Vendor & Contractor Oversight

Legacy Cost Burdens

  • Paper visitor logs
  • Manual vendor tracking
  • No centralized identity governance
  • Operational inefficiencies
  • Risk exposure from unauthorized/untracked vendor access

BluSKY Savings

  • Automated visitor/vendor workflows
  • Reduced fraud/insider risk events
  • No manual logging
  • Instant auditability

Quantitative ROI Calculation

Cost Driver Legacy Cost BluSKY Cost Annual Savings

  • Manual vendor oversight $200K $20K $180K
  • Paper log processing $45K $0 $45K
  • Unauthorized vendor access events $150K $40K $110K
  • Identity admin time $165K $55K $110K

Annual ROI (Section 3)
$445,000 savings
ROI: ~73% cost reduction in visitor/vendor/identity operations

SECTION 4: Reporting, Compliance, Audits & Forensics

Legacy Cost Burdens

  • Audit prep requires pulling logs from 5+ systems
  • Investigations take days
  • Missing logs cause regulatory findings
  • Expensive third-party compliance consultants

BluSKY Savings

  • 50+ automated compliance reports
  • Unified audit trail
  • SummarEYES AI auto-generates incident summaries
  • Faster investigations
  • Fully audit-ready at all times

Quantitative ROI Calculation

Cost Driver Legacy Cost BluSKY Cost Annual Savings

  • Audit prep (4 audits/year × 80 hours) $24,000 $7,200 $16,800
  • Compliance consulting $125K $40K $85K
  • Forensic investigations $200K $65K $135K
  • Internal audit resource time $210K $70K $140K

Annual ROI (Section 4)
$376,800 savings
ROI: ~72% reduction in compliance/audit burden

SECTION 5: Recordkeeping, Retention & Audit Trail Integrity

Legacy Cost Burdens

  • NVR storage expansion
  • Multiple retention policies
  • Compliance penalties for missing logs
  • Inability to reconstruct incidents quickly

BluSKY Savings

  • Cloud data lake replaces all on-prem storage
  • Immutable retention meets regulatory expectations
  • No storage scaling cost
  • Instant incident reconstruction

Quantitative ROI Calculation

Cost Driver Legacy Cost BluSKY Cost Annual Savings

  • On-prem storage + maintenance $300K $120K $180K
  • Log reconstruction efforts $95K $20K $75K
  • Regulatory penalties avoided $50K $0 $50K

Annual ROI (Section 5)
$305,000 savings
ROI: ~61% cost improvement over legacy retention/logging

SECTION 6: Analytics, AI, Risk Detection & Threat Prioritization

Legacy Cost Burdens

  • High false alarm rate
  • Excessive SOC labor
  • Missed threat indicators
  • Manual video review
  •  Slow investigative cycle

BluSKY Savings

  • RiskIt reduces false alarms by 80–98%
  • BluEYES automates video intelligence
  • SummarEYES reduces investigation time by 50–70%
  • AI prioritizes threats, not noise

Quantitative ROI Calculation

Cost Driver Legacy Cost BluSKY Cost Annual Savings

  • False alarm response burden $250K $40K $210K
  • Manual video review labor $175K $35K $140K
  • Missed incident remediation $200K $60K $140K
  • SOC staff time $350K $140K $210K

Annual ROI (Section 6)
$700,000 savings
ROI: ~80% improvement in detection + response efficiency

SECTION 7: Vendor Oversight & Third-Party Governance

Legacy Cost Burdens

  • Manual vendor credentialing
  • Inconsistent documentation
  • Vendor fraud exposure
  • Regulatory audit findings
  • Compliance gaps requiring remediation

BluSKY Savings

  • Automated workflows
  • Full vendor activity record
  • AI-detected anomalies
  • Better GLBA/FFIEC oversight

Quantitative ROI Calculation

Cost Driver Legacy Cost BluSKY Cost Annual Savings

  • Vendor mismanagement remediation $125K $25K $100K
  • Manual access provisioning $90K $20K $70K
  • Compliance findings remediation $65K $0 $65K

Annual ROI (Section 7)
$235,000 savings
ROI: ~78% cost reduction in third-party risk operations

TOTAL ENTERPRISE ROI CALCULATION

Sum of all section savings:

  • Section 1: $610,000
  • Section 2: $321,000
  • Section 3: $445,000
  • Section 4: $376,800
  • Section 5: $305,000
  • Section 6: $700,000
  • Section 7: $235,000

TOTAL ANNUAL VALUE CREATED

$2,992,800 saved per year (conservative)

COST OF BLUSKY PLATFORM

Typical BluSKY enterprise deployment (50 branches):
~$900,000–$1.3M per year (hardware + cloud platform + support + AI)

Use median: $1.1M annual cost

FINAL ANNUAL ROI:

**ROI = (Savings – Cost) / Cost

= ($2,992,800 – $1,100,000) / $1,100,000
= 172% annual ROI**

Payback Period: ≈ 3.5–5.5 months

ROI SNAPSHOT FOR EXECUTIVES / BOARD

  • $3M annual savings (conservative baseline for mid-size institution)
  • 172% ROI in first year
  • <6 month payback
  • Eliminates up to 7 legacy systems
  • Reduces audit prep labor by 70–90%
  • Cuts false alarms by 80–98%
  • Reduces cyber-physical vulnerability exposure by 60–75%
  • Improves vendor oversight performance by 70–80%

BluSKY does not just reduce cost — it creates measurable financial, regulatory, and operational advantage.