A POC gives you a feel for how easy or hard it will be to deploy, configure, integrate and use the product in your environment. It also shows you the reality of the product as sometimes, not always, but sometimes, marketing and sales stretch the art of the possible. Security instrumentation solutions allow you to quickly, easily and thoroughly evaluate security controls and with empiric evidence, know how those controls integrate with other security controls like SIEMs. If your vendor doesnt afford this option, that could be a warning sign.”]