Key Takeaways

• The five practices define how we systematically expand prevention coverage: Discover existing controls, Analyze gaps and opportunities, Simulate impact before enforcement, Deploy gradually and safely, and Measure effectiveness to guide iteration.
• Prevention succeeds through systematic execution rather than ad-hoc controls. Organizations that follow these practices build comprehensive coverage that dramatically reduces risk, eliminates alert overload, and frees capacity for strategic work.
• The practices work iteratively. Organizations cycle through Discover-Analyze-Simulate-Deploy-Measure repeatedly, expanding prevention coverage systematically. Each iteration builds on previous work. Prevention capabilities compound over time.
• PSPM platforms automate and accelerate each practice: unified visibility for Discovery, automated correlation for Analysis, audit log simulation for testing, gradual rollout orchestration for Deployment, and prevention-specific metrics for Measurement.