Question

A security operations lead is conducting a quarterly effectiveness review of the organization's detection stack (Google SecOps SIEM, SCC, GTI, and Cloud IDS). Leadership wants an objective way to determine whether each tool is delivering value or whether spend is being wasted on redundant capabilities. Which approach BEST evaluates tool effectiveness and identifies coverage gaps across this stack?

Accepted Answer

Map each tool's telemetry and detections against a threat coverage framework (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK), then measure detections attributable uniquely to each tool versus those overlapping with others

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Compare the total number of alerts generated by each tool over the quarter and retire whichever tool produced the fewest alerts

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Survey analysts on which console they log into most frequently and prioritize investment toward the most-used tool

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Measure each tool's monthly licensing cost and consolidate onto the single lowest-cost platform that covers cloud workloads