Introduction: Security monitoring platforms often present users with complex, overwhelming data that can hinder quick decision-making and effective threat response. This project aimed to design the Signal System to streamline information, enhance user focus, and improve the clarity of critical alerts, enabling security teams to respond more efficiently to potential threats.

Our goal was not just to solve problems but to ease the frustrations of security analysts, transforming their challenges into a clear and intuitive solution. Our users encountered two primary issues when dealing with security threat signals:

Description and Insights: Users were forced to navigate between multiple screens to comprehend the description of a signal and gather insights about its potential threat and connections.

Screen Overload: The interface became cluttered with signals, making it difficult to differentiate between real threats and false positives. This led to confusion, delays, and a poor user experience.

Gathering Information: We carefully weighed several design trade-offs to achieve a balance between functionality and simplicity. One key consideration was reducing information overload without sacrificing critical data. While it was essential to streamline the interface, we had to selectively deprioritize some lower-urgency data, making it less prominent to ensure that high-priority alerts remained the focal point.

Correlate Signals: Security analysts can now see all signals, understand connected issues, and get a simple summary in one place.