Organizations can no longer rely on tool count as a measure of security maturity. As ransomware-as-a-service operators, identity-focused attackers, and supply chain adversaries increasingly target mid-market and resource-constrained organizations, security teams are being asked to defend against enterprise-grade threats without enterprise-scale resources. At the same time, cyber insurance requirements, customer security assessments, and regulatory expectations continue to raise the bar for demonstrable detection and response capabilities.
This webcast explores why the traditional tool-first approach to security operations is failing resource-constrained teams and what modern detection and response programs must do instead. SANS Senior Instructor Rich Greene will examine how organizations can shift from fragmented security tooling toward a telemetry-driven operating model centered on visibility, correlation, automation, and continuous validation. Rather than focusing on individual products, this approach emphasizes the disciplines required to detect and respond to real-world adversary behavior across interconnected environments.
What You Will Learn
- Why ransomware affiliates and supply chain attackers increasingly target resource-constrained organizations
- How security teams can move beyond disconnected tools to achieve meaningful telemetry fusion across endpoint, identity, network, SaaS, and cloud environments
- Why ATT&CK-based detection coverage provides a more effective measure of defensive capability than alert volume or vendor signature counts
- How to implement a practical four-phase operating model built around audit, consolidation, automation, and validation
- What low-regret automation looks like and how organizations can safely pre-authorize response actions for high-confidence threats
Modern detection and response requires more than additional tools—it requires the ability to correlate telemetry, detect adversary behavior, automate appropriate response actions, and continuously validate effectiveness against evolving threats. By understanding how these disciplines work together, security leaders can improve resilience, strengthen operational efficiency, and build a more defensible security program even with limited resources.
