Data visualization is more than producing pretty charts, but it’s important to make informed decisions. The human brain is very good at seeing anomalies in large groups of data and interacting with the data visually taps into that strength. Good visualizations can mean the difference between timely decision making or simply succumbing to an exercise in numerical futility. Many security tools tend to simply offer numbers in grid formats or spreadsheets, says Shawn Tiemann, a solutions engineer for LockPath. He’s also a fan of tree mapping, which allows a “true drill-down” of high level security data as an example.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/analytics/visualizing-security-analytics-that-don-t-stink