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Security Alert Overload: Causes, Costs, & Solutions

In 2023, the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a series of triggered alarms at a GardaWorld cash storage warehouse in a suburban neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. All thirteen were deemed to be false positives. In this article A year later, four more alarms rang at the same facility: one just before midnight on March 30th and the other three on Easter Day.

Friday Flows Episode 37: How GitLab saved 1000s of Hours and Beat Alert Fatigue

This week on Friday Flows, host Cameron Higgs takes a deep dive into the top Tines workflows powering GitLab's incident response team. The time savings are undoubtedly impressive, but the long-term benefits are equally impactful: Standardizing processes to improve consistency Reducing alert noise, helping to reduce burnout likelihood Improving documentation to better support incident response.

5 Key Features to Look for in a Security Camera to Protect Your Home

Were you looking for a security camera to secure your home but not sure which features matter the most? In this world, protecting the safety of your home and loved ones is the most important thing. Home security cameras have become an integral part of safety and security that provides peace of mind regarding the assets. So here we'll take a closer look at five key features you should consider when choosing a security camera to protect your home.

Mitigating Alert Fatigue in SecOps Teams

Security Operations Teams (SOCs) today are under attack by the very mechanisms meant to help them. A recent industry study revealed a few startling facts: And unsurprisingly, the vast majority (80%) say that manual processes are slowing them down. These stats lay out both the problem with and solution to alert fatigue today: too many alerts, too many bad ones, and not enough streamlined processes helping SOCs get ahead of the problem.

Zero Trust + AI: fewer alerts, guaranteed security

Excessive cybersecurity alerts are not a trivial matter; they pose a real challenge that directly impacts business security strategies. Too many notifications generate stress on IT teams, which are increasingly being reduced in size while facing a heavier burden of tasks. This situation can lead to urgent alerts being overlooked, putting system security at risk.

Thwarting Cyberattacks: Top In-House Solutions

There is no doubt that the number (and severity) of cyberattacks is on the rise. While the lion's share of attention has been devoted to major breaches that often impact multinational organisations, the fact of the matter is that small- to medium-sized enterprises are also at risk. This is why managers and stakeholders must adopt the latest safety protocols to avoid incidents that might otherwise quickly bring operations to a halt. Let us look at four practical suggestions, and the unique benefits associated with each.

Friday Flows Episode 30: Normalize Alerts with Tines AI and create Cases AI

FRIDAY FLOWS Episode #30 - Normalizing Alerts using Tines AI & Creating Cases In today's episode, Michael Tolan takes us through a workflows where we're leveraging the new Tines AI Action to normalize multiple alerts and create cases in our native Case management. As always, our free Community edition is in the comments and we'd love to hear what you thought of today's episode in the comments.

Alerts on Policy Breaches Now Available via API

All Surface Monitoring users can configure Attack Surface Policies directly from the new Domains page, enabling various combinations of characteristics that were previously unavailable. Users are now alerted when policy breaches occur directly through their integrated tools, such as Slack and Jira.

Reduce False Alerts - Automatically!

Analysts rely on User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) tools to track anomalies, investigate incidents, and respond to cybersecurity threats. However, the varying nature of user and entity behaviors across different organizations means that predetermined thresholds often fail to account for unique baselines. Even within the same environment, temporal variations can cause significant differences in monitoring signals.

Considerations for Risk Rating Security Alerts

Security incidents and data breaches are the cybersecurity version of the definition of squares and rectangles in geometry. While all data breaches are security incidents, not all security incidents are data breaches. Before investigating an incident, many security teams know whether the alert will relate to a minor incident or a large-scale breach.