---
id: 8270
title: "The Value of Detective Controls"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/adversary-simulation/the-value-of-detective-controls/"
published_at: "2013-09-22T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["risk-management", "security-strategy", "defense-in-depth", "detective-controls", "ids-ips", "log-review"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8270"
lang: en
---

# The Value of Detective Controls

## Summary

Preventative controls dominate security spending, but since not every attack can be stopped, detective controls deserve more attention — though noisy IDS/IPS and unreviewed logs often undercut them.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2013-09-22T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/adversary-simulation/the-value-of-detective-controls/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8270