This article explores the critical issue of security vendor lock-in, arguing that an organization's most valuable SOC asset is its own telemetry data. Many security vendors create "toll booths" by charging additional fees for data egress or introducing significant latency that hampers real-time incident response. True data openness is defined by three pillars: no extra cost for access, full-fidelity record retention, and real-time availability.
The text compares major industry players, noting that while ingestion is always frictionless, data extraction is often licensed, delayed, or degraded. Organizations are urged to prioritize data portability in their RFPs to avoid strategic dependency and fragmented visibility. Ultimately, a SIEM should provide the freedom to move telemetry to any analytics engine or data lake without paying a tax to access what was already yours.
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