White Paper Vol. 1, Issue 1 2025

Data-Driven Risk Prioritization in Cloud Security Operations Centers

Girish Jambagi (Senior Member of Technical Staff)
Published November 2025

Abstract

Cloud Security Operations Centers (Cloud SOCs) face a deluge of security alerts from distributed cloud environments, making it difficult to distinguish high-impact risks from noise. Traditional rule-based prioritization often fails to adapt to evolving threat landscapes, leading to analyst fatigue and delayed responses. This paper proposes a data-driven risk prioritization framework that leverages contextual telemetry, machine learning, and business impact analytics to dynamically rank alerts by potential risk. Drawing on modern data engineering and cloud-native observability pipelines, the paper presents architectural insights and operational strategies for next-generation Cloud SOCs [1].

Keywords

Data Science Cloud Computing Computer Networks

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