Sprawling tool stacks are silently crippling security operations. David quantifies the hidden costs of fragmented tooling — context switching, alert fatigue, and missed detections — and makes the case for platform consolidation as a force multiplier for overstretched security teams.
Platform consolidation matters even more in the AI era — because fragmented data means fragmented AI understanding, and no model can outperform the visibility it’s given. The underlying pressure comes through clearly in Splunk’s State of Security 2025 — tool sprawl is one of the top drivers of analyst burnout and missed detections.
