{"id":43366,"date":"2021-10-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/en_us\/research\/21\/j\/secops-security-tools.html"},"modified":"2021-10-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T00:00:00","slug":"minimize-secops-risk-with-less-tools-and-more-security-trend-micro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/minimize-secops-risk-with-less-tools-and-more-security-trend-micro\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimize SecOps Risk with Less Tools and More Security Trend Micro"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Security leaders are finally coming to terms with the reality of today\u2019s threat landscape. That means adopting a post-breach mentality increasingly focused on detection and response. Yet admitting that it\u2019s now a case of \u201cwhen not if\u201d your organization is breached is different from mounting an effective security operations (SecOps) response. Building a Security Operations Centre (SOC) is only half the battle. As we\u2019ve demonstrated before, you also need the right tools, or your analysts will be overwhelmed with alerts they\u2019re unable to prioritize.<\/p>\n

So how bad is the current challenge for SOC teams? According to new Trend Micro stats<\/a>, tool sprawl has reached epic proportions\u2014with potentially serious implications for cyber risk and the mental health of SecOps analysts.<\/p>\n

More tools, more problems<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

According to our global SecOps study<\/a>, organizations are laboring with an average of 29 security monitoring solutions in place. Larger companies have it even worse: those with more than 10,000 employees have an average of almost 46 monitoring tools. Tool sprawl of this sort is a sure-fire way to reduce the effectiveness of your SecOps team. It can lead to:<\/p>\n