PARSING & SCHEMA DRIFT CONTROL

When a source changes its log format, parsing quietly breaks and detection rules that depend on those fields fail. Schema drift is an invisible cause of missed detections.

Actors

  • Security Data Engineer
  • Detection Engineering Lead
  • SOC Manager

Systems / Vendors

  • Data lake / pipeline
  • SIEM
  • Detection content / rules

Business Question

"When a log source changes format, which detections quietly break because of it?"

What SPoG Does

  • Monitors normalisation quality and detects schema drift.
  • Flags rules at risk from format changes.
  • Protects detections from silent breakage.

Outcome Metrics

−40%

Drift-broken detections

1

Live drift control

6–10 wks

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