Detection as Code

Google SecOps estate: ranking

A team running Google Security Operations that writes YARA-L, uses the Rules API and the Content Manager CLI, and wants revisions and replay handled well.

How this ranking is weighted

Only three products name Google SecOps as a target: Google itself, Detecteam (lists Google SecOps, vendor claim) and Sigma and pySigma (a Google SecOps backend with status Development). Anvilogic's page lists Splunk, Sentinel, CrowdStrike NG-SIEM and Elastic, not Google, so it is out. Testing is weighted 20 and versioning 12, because Google's strength is revisions and retrohunt. The result is Google Security Operations 7.10, Detecteam 5.40, Sigma and pySigma 5.09. Detecteam and Sigma are 0.31 apart, which is not a band. Both rest on thin evidence for this target: Detecteam on a vendor claim, Sigma on a backend marked Development. The scores are the same eight criterion scores as the main rubric; only the weights change.

Weights for this buyer type against the site weights, in percent.

CriterionSite weightThis ranking
Rule languages and conversion paths1510.0
Git-native workflow and CI/CD1820.0
Testing1520.0
Coverage analytics1212.0
Rule health1818.0
Versioning and rollback812.0
Content library size and freshness84.0
Pricing transparency64.0

The ranking for google secops estate

Google SecOps estate ranking, totals out of 10 with the main rubric total beside each.

#PlatformThis rankingBandMain rubric
1Microsoft Sentinel7.847.81
2Elastic Security7.567.60
3Google Security Operations7.106.83
4Panther6.47band A6.31
5Splunk Enterprise Security (Cisco)6.23band A6.21
6Anvilogic5.46band B5.48
7Detecteam5.40band B5.26
8Sigma and pySigma5.095.50
9SOC Prime4.825.11
10Mate Security3.943.98
11Hunters3.45band C3.44
12Sekoia.io3.40band C3.46

Mate Security ranks tenth of 12 under these weights. That is where the published evidence puts it for this buyer; where it is behind, the profile says so.

Other buyer types: Microsoft Sentinel estate, Elastic estate, Splunk estate, A team starting detection as code from scratch with Sigma.