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When Too Much Security Data Became the Risk

A CISO case study illustrates how unchecked firewall-log ingestion ballooned SIEM costs and created a noise problem, resolved by applying AI-driven data filtering to prioritise security-relevant telemetry.

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Rapid growth turned routine firewall logs into a security and budget liability. One CISO used artificial intelligence to filter what data truly belongs in the SIEM.

Editorial Analysis

Why it matters

Log-volume sprawl is a hidden budget risk that also degrades detection efficacy; intelligent filtering can restore both fiscal and operational control.

What to do

Audit your SIEM ingestion volumes and evaluate tiered or AI-assisted filtering to reduce noise and cost without losing detection fidelity.

Board brief

Unmanaged security-log growth is simultaneously inflating budgets and hiding real threats — smarter data curation can address both.

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