IT environments in businesses are often volatile. The value of hardware might depreciate over time. There is constant evolution in the world of software. Existing configurations go through a variety of transitions. While some of these updates are permitted since they are part of the organization's regular patching cycle, others raise red flags because they appear out of nowhere.
Unauthorized changes that go undetected may as well mean that an intruder is compromising your critical files or surveying your system trying to find vulnerable configurations to exploit. Having visibility into the changes that happen within your established baseline is the first step to accelerating incident response. IBM notes that businesses with quick reaction times saw an average of USD 2.66 million lower breach costs, or 58% cost savings.