McAfee Labs Report Finds 93 Percent of Security Operations Center Managers Overwhelmed by Alerts and Unable to Triage Potential Threats

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This is a very interesting report from our partner, Intel Security/McAfee. Some interesting bits:

Enterprise security operations center survey found 93 percent of respondents acknowledged being unable to triage all potential cyber threats.
On average, organizations are unable to sufficiently investigate 25 percent of security alerts.
67 percent of respondents reported an increase in security incidents.
26 percent acknowledge operating in a reactive mode despite having a plan for a proactive security operation.
New ransomware samples increased 80 percent since the beginning of 2016.

Check it out: https://newsroom.intel.com/news-releases/mcafee-labs-report-finds-93-percent-of-security-operations-center-managers-overwhelmed-by-alerts-and-unable-to-triage-potential-threats/

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