Reducing Security Tool Spend by $3.2M While Improving Coverage

The Challenge

A global manufacturing company with operations in 23 countries was running 73 distinct security tools. Annual licensing and operational costs exceeded $8.4M. Despite the investment, the security team reported persistent visibility gaps and an average of 11,000 daily alerts — most of which went uninvestigated.

The Approach

The SamurAI conducted a comprehensive security stack assessment over six weeks, evaluating each tool against coverage requirements, integration capabilities, and total cost of ownership.

Our analysis revealed:

• 41% functional overlap between tools from different vendors
• 12 tools with fewer than 5 active users
• 3 tools generating 68% of all alerts, with a 94% false positive rate
• No single pane of glass across cloud, endpoint, and network security

The Solution

We designed a consolidated security architecture centered on three integrated platforms, eliminating 47 redundant tools while expanding coverage to previously unmonitored cloud workloads and OT environments.

The Results

• $3.2M annual cost reduction in licensing and operational overhead
• 86% reduction in daily alerts through consolidation and tuning
• Mean time to detect (MTTD) improved from 14 hours to 23 minutes
• Full visibility achieved across cloud, on-premises, and OT environments for the first time