The expanding cybersecurity landscape has left many organizations with sprawling, overlapping, and underutilized toolsets. As pressure mounts to demonstrate value, reduce complexity, and improve outcomes, CISOs are rethinking how they evaluate, select, and rationalize their security investments. This discussion will focus on how leaders are shifting from reactive procurement to intentional, architecture-aligned tooling strategies. With budgets tightening and attack surfaces widening, the challenge is not just choosing the right tools—but building a cohesive ecosystem that actually reduces risk.

Discussion Points:

• Shifting from tool accumulation to capability-driven investment

• Aligning tooling decisions with architectural strategy and team maturity

• Reducing operational friction and maximizing value from existing platforms