10 Ways to Cut Security Spend

A large enterprise runs about 45 security tools, and only 32% of organizations use security AI and automation extensively, according to IBM's 2025 Cost of a Data Breach report. What drains the budget is the analyst time spent stitching that tool output together by hand and the low-value data kept at full SIEM ingest and retention rates. None of the ten moves in this infographic requires a rip-and-replace. Each one takes cost out of a stack you already own by putting a shared data layer underneath it.

•   Deduplicate and strip low-value events atingest, so you stop paying to store noise no analyst will act on
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•    Keep roughly 30 days hot in the SIEM and movelong-term, searchable history to a lake, so full-fidelity retention stopscarrying SIEM-tier pricing
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•    Take false positives off analysts' desks: the2025 SANS Detection and Response Survey found 73% of teams name them their topdetection challenge
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•    Redeploy triage headcount instead of hiring: IBM found AI-extensive organizations contain breaches 80 days faster and pay $1.9 million less
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•    Pay only when analytics run, because decoupled compute and storage end the always-on bill for infrastructure sitting warm between investigations
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FAQ
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How can you cut security spending without removing tools?
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Most spend hides in the seams between tools, not the tools themselves. A shared data layer that normalizes, deduplicates, and enriches telemetry at ingest removes the integration tax and the cost of storing noise, with no rip-and-replace and no new concentration risk.
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What is the largest recurring cost in a SOC?
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Analyst hours, most of them spent on false positives. The 2025 SANS Detection and Response Survey found 73% of teams name false positives their top detection challenge and more than 60% hit them frequently or very frequently. Scoring and enrichment at ingest mean fewer reach a person.
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Does cutting security spend mean acceptingmore risk?
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No. Breaches that run past 200 days cost $5.01 million against $3.87 million when caught sooner, per IBM. Removing noise so real intrusions surface earlier reduces dwell time and cost together.