"Analysts Need Advanced Automation Tools to Reduce Fear of Missing Incidents"

The cybersecurity firm FireEye has announced the release of the IDC InfoBrief titled "The Voice of the Analysts: Improving Security Operations Center Processes Through Adapted Technologies." The report shares findings from a survey of 350 internal and managed security service provider (MSSP) security analysts and managers. According to the report, security analysts are becoming less productive because of widespread alert fatigue, which has led to alerts being overlooked, increased stress, and fear of missing incidents (FOMI). Security analysts are becoming increasingly overwhelmed by floods of false positive alerts generated by different solutions while growing more concerned about missing actual threats. To address this problem, analysts are asking for advanced automation tools to reduce FOMI and to strengthen their Security Operations Centers' (SOC) cybersecurity posture. The report reveals that less than half of enterprise security teams currently have automated tools in place to help perform SOC activities. This article continues to discuss findings from the new report regarding security analysts' alert fatigue stemming from false positive alerts, the increased FOMI, and the need for automated SOC solutions to help alleviate alert fatigue and FOMI. 

Business Wire reports "Analysts Need Advanced Automation Tools to Reduce Fear of Missing Incidents"