Based on the interviews with an existing Lumeta customer currently employing IPsonar, Forrester constructed a TEI framework and the associated ROI analysis illustrating the financial impact. The risk-adjusted ROI for the customer organization is 85% over three years with a breakeven point (payback period) of 15 months after deployment.

Lumeta Corporation commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying an IPsonar-driven Network Assurance program. The study illustrates the financial impact of implementing the product and evaluates the benefits, costs, risk, and flexibility it brings to a large enterprise.

In conducting in-depth interviews with a Lumeta customer that has implemented IPsonar, Forrester found that the company achieved significant benefits in the areas of reduced exposure to specific categories of risk, including:

• theft of proprietary data and intellectual property
• network outages
• worm outbreaks
• audit penalties

IPsonar has helped this organization to recognize the extent of its network vulnerabilities, inform IT and business owners about the extent of the issues to address, and realize value from risk mitigation initiatives. The customer also avoided costs of dedicating staff to manual discovery that would be needed in the absence of IPsonar.

The measured benefits of the IPsonar implementation articulated by the Lumeta customer interviewed for this study were: 1) reduction of exposure to specific risks as a result of gaining greater understanding of network topology and scanning devices on the networks for vulnerabilities, and 2) avoiding labor costs for manual discovery that is automated with IPsonar.