Majority of security pros fed up with alert fatigue

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The 2020 state of SecOps and automation survey – which had input from 427 IT leaders with direct responsibility for security at an organisation that had both at least 1,000 heads and had made a significant public cloud investment – found that 70% had seen the volume of security alerts they receive more than double since 2015, while 99% said high alert volumes caused problems for security teams, and 83% said their staff were experiencing alert fatigue. “Today’s security operations teams are faced with constant threats of security breaches that can lead to severe fallout including losing customers, diminished brand reputation and reduced revenue,” said Diane Hagglund, principal for Dimensional Research. “To effectively minimise risk and bridge the gap, many companies rely on automated solutions that provide real-time analysis of security alerts. “Enterprises are arguably dealing with more data today than ever before and the pain security operations teams are feeling is significant. “Companies need to adopt solutions that let them quickly identify, prioritise and respond to only the most critical warning signals, so that they’re not left drowning in alert overload with no direction,” he said.

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