The High Cost of Useless Alerts: Why SIEMs No Longer Make Sense

The High Cost of Useless Alerts: Why SIEMs No Longer Make Sense

Two deep-dive critiques show SIEMs failing to deliver centralized visibility and efficient investigations, instead creating alert overload and high costs. The piece argues for a shift to cloud-native, modular approaches with Agentic AI for triage and faster, context-rich incident response. #Radiant #AgenticAI

Keypoints

  • SIEMs often deliver alert overload and rising costs instead of actionable insights.
  • Correlation rules age poorly and generate many low-value alerts as attacker techniques evolve.
  • Analysts face alert fatigue, with significant time wasted on false positives and duplicated signals.
  • The traditional SIEM/SOAR model struggles with context and fast decision‑making, increasing MTTR/MTTD.
  • A modern approach emphasizes cloud-native log management, automated triage, and integrated response workflows.

Read More: https://thehackernews.com/expert-insights/2025/09/the-high-cost-of-useless-alerts-why.html