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Infrastructure Drift Calculator
How much is unmanaged drift costing your organization? Quantify engineering waste, remediation risk, and downtime exposure with a model grounded in industry benchmarks.
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Infrastructure Parameters
Enter your current operational metrics.
Context
Drift & Risk Assessment
Factor Breakdown
Industry avg: 12.3 hrs/wk
NIST: continuous monitoring
50% remediate in 24h, 13% never
CIS: patch within 48h
Costs rising 20% YoY
Per-server costs scale non-linearly
Recommendations
01Increase infrastructure-as-code coverage
Low automation coverage means drift accumulates unchecked. Organizations using IaC remediate drift 3x faster (Firefly).
02Schedule regular restore tests
Extended periods without restore testing increase recovery risk. NIST recommends continuous validation of backup integrity.
03Investigate outage root causes
Recurring outages suggest systemic issues. Each hour of downtime costs your industry an estimated thousands (Ponemon/Atlassian).
Methodology & Sources
The drift score uses a weighted multi-factor model where six operational factors each produce a 0-100 raw score, multiplied by their respective weight. Weights are derived from NIST RMF, CIS Controls, and operational research. Cost model combines direct engineering waste, drift remediation cost, and infrastructure inefficiency (30% avg cloud waste per Flexera 2024).
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