Compliance automation calculator
Calculate time savings with Ubuntu Security Guide (USG)
Manual compliance is time consuming and prone to human error. Ubuntu Security Guide (USG) automates hardening and auditing for CIS Benchmarks and DISA-STIG profiles, containing hundreds of individual configuration rules that would otherwise require manual implementation, testing, and ongoing verification.
Your environment
This calculator uses industry standard metrics and real world data to estimate time savings based on your environment.
Compliance profile complexity
Different profiles contain different numbers of rules and implementation complexity
Number of Ubuntu systems requiring compliance
Servers and workstations that need CIS or DISA-STIG hardening
Compliance audits per year
How often you verify compliance (quarterly = 4, monthly = 12, etc.)
Configuration drift checks per month
How often you check for configuration changes between audits
New systems deployed per month
New servers/workstations requiring initial compliance hardening expected every month
Estimated annual savings
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hours per year
Estimated based on the parameters
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work weeks
Or 0.63 full time employee(s)
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Cost savings
Approximately per year
Time savings breakdown
0 hrs total annual time savings
| Task | Hours of work |
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| Initial system hardening automation | |
| Compliance audit execution | |
| Configuration drift monitoring | |
| New system deployment hardening | |
| Audit report generation | |
| Remediation and fixing |
Detailed calculation methodology
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Initial System Hardening (One-time per existing system)
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Compliance Audit Execution (Per audit cycle)
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Configuration Drift Monitoring (Ongoing checks)
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New System Deployment (Monthly ongoing)
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Audit Report Generation (Per audit)
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Remediation After Audits (Per cycle, ~30% of systems)
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Total annual savings
The numbers used in the calculations are based on common industry metrics.
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Ubuntu Pro includes USG for automated CIS and DISA-STIG compliance.