{"id":1594,"date":"2026-02-11T15:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raffy.ch\/blog\/?p=1594"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:53:27","slug":"the-siem-maturity-framework-workbook-v1-0-a-practical-scoring-tool-for-security-analytics-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raffy.ch\/blog\/2026\/02\/11\/the-siem-maturity-framework-workbook-v1-0-a-practical-scoring-tool-for-security-analytics-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"The SIEM Maturity Framework: A Practical Scoring Tool for Security Analytics Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Update: Instead of an Excel spreadsheet, here is an online app<\/a> that you can use. I’d love for you to submit your own ratings so we can crowd-source some of these answers!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Over the last few weeks I published a post on the architectural and operational gaps that created the new wave of SIEM and AI SOC<\/a> vendors. A bunch of people asked the same follow-up question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOk, but how do I evaluate vendors consistently without falling back into feature checklists and marketing claims?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I turned the framework into a practical scoring workbook (and now a small Web application<\/a>) you can use to rate a platform across the dimensions I described in the post. The workbook allows you to rate each category from 1 to 5 and I spent some time defining what a 1 versus a 5 means in each of the categories. I give you an example for the “Data Pipeline Optimization<\/strong>” category. Here are the 5 maturity steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n