Effective security requires unifying configuration and runtime data to improve prioritization, detection and response.

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Modern security operations suffer from a fundamental gap: configuration tools (CSPM, SSPM) show what could happen, while runtime tools (SIEMs) show what is happening, but real risk lives at the intersection. Combining configuration context with runtime behavior improves alert prioritization by surfacing dormant risks only when actively exploited, enhances detection quality through peer group analysis and identity lifecycle state, and enables more surgical incident response by revealing blast radius and the specific permissions that enabled suspicious activity. The argument is that neither posture nor behavior data alone is sufficient for effective SecOps in dynamic cloud and SaaS environments.

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