A SOC leadership team wants to demonstrate the business value of investing in Cisco-based threat...

The correct answer isearlier detection of attacks before data exfiltration. This outcome directly translates toreduced business impact, which is the ultimate goal of threat hunting.

Alert volume (Option A) and false-positive reduction (Option B) measure operational efficiency, not security effectiveness. Option D measures spending, not outcomes.

Early detection:

Reduces dwell time

Prevents data loss

Limits operational disruption

Increases attacker cost

Cisco’sCBRTHD blueprintemphasizes outcome-driven security metrics, with early detection being one of the strongest indicators of threat hunting maturity.

Therefore,Option Cis the correct and executive-level answer.