Thoughts & Resources

Detection Engineering for SOC Leaders — Part One: From Fragmented Rules to a Managed Detection Practice

Detection work too often looks like firefighting: someone writes a rule, it goes live, and analysts shoulder the consequences: noisy alerts, unclear ownership, and rule rot. If you lead a SOC in 2025, your job is to replace ad-hoc firefighting with a managed practice—one where detection is treated as a lifecycle, and detections are assets with owners, tests, and retirement criteria. This first installment sets the tone: why a lifecycle matters and what your leadership priorities should be to make detection engineering sustainable.