Security teams drown in alert overload where visibility generates cognitive burden rather than effectiveness. Tools detect PLC changes and anomalies but stop at insight phase, leaving humans to chase context. Tuning becomes the norm as practitioners serve tools instead of tools serving humans, creating declining effectiveness despite more detections.

Success requires shifting from detection to direction using the "What - So What - What Now" framework. Ten actionable alerts with context outperform thousand detections without guidance. Tools must correlate anomalies with maintenance windows, integrate change management databases and provide clear guidance about safety systems versus routine operations.

The session will cover:

• How to reduce cognitive load by demanding context-rich alerts instead of measuring detection volume;
• Integration strategies that correlate detections with change management databases;
• Why tools designed for human success provide operational confidence rather than requiring constant tuning.