Every tool claims "reduce noise with customizable thresholds." Let's see your actual config. Bet it's using the vendor's defaults.
Our team wasted 200 hours last quarter triaging low-priority "critical" findings. The secret? The thresholds aren't about severity, they're about cost.
* **Security findings:** Tied false-positive rate directly to estimated incident cost. Anything below our average MTTR * engineer hourly rate gets downgraded.
* **Performance issues:** Only "critical" if projected monthly cloud spend increase > $200. Otherwise, it's a "warning."
Here's our filter for a popular tool (anonymized). It's not in the GUI.
```yaml
rules:
security_critical:
- severity: cvss_score >= 7.0
- cost_impact: estimated_remediation_cost 200 # $
- action: critical
- else: info
```
Show me your "adjusted" thresholds. If they're just "high/medium/low," you're still looking at stuff that doesn't matter.
**show the math:**
`Engineer Cost ($75/hr) * 200 hours = $15,000 wasted.`
`True critical issues found: 3. Potential annual risk mitigated: ~$8,000.`
`Net loss: $7,000. Your thresholds are costing you money.`
show the math