The security teams of many enterprises are burning-out because they are overburdened with multiple false positive security alerts to address.
False-positive security alerts in the threat intelligence tools will trouble the security operations (SecOps) team with unnecessary hustle. The report of Orange Cyber Defense titled “Security Navigator 2022” states that nearly 64% of the security alerts dealt by them in 2021 were just a ‘noise’ that did not represent any real threat. The stats increased by 5% more than the preceding year.
Upgrade the cyber security tech stack
CISOs implement various cybersecurity solutions to strengthen their IT infrastructure against threats, risks, and vulnerabilities. It is an effective strategy, but they should also consider upgrading the tools consistently to ensure they are not contributing to the false-positive security alert challenge.
Few of the cybersecurity tools implemented might be interoperable, which leads to inefficiency in identifying and responding to cyber threats. Hence, the security teams should thoroughly evaluate before selecting and implementing the cybersecurity tools. Moreover, it is an effective security hygiene practice to maintain an inventory of the security solutions and replace the tools that have become obsolete.
Implement a robust AI tool for filtering
It is an intricate and time-consuming task for the CISO to manage the false positives. For every security alert, the security teams have to find the correlation between the attacks, create a timeline, and identify the weak links where the infrastructure was infiltrated and the consequences afterward, which is time-consuming.
Full article: Ways to Minimize False Positives in Cyber Security Space