Oh, Great. Another Article About Fixing What Idiots Broke.
Right, so apparently a bunch of CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers – as if they actually do anything) are finally realizing their Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are drowning in alerts. Shocking. Absolutely fucking shocking. Like, you build a system that screams about *everything* and then wonder why your people can’t find the actual bad stuff? Genius.
The article basically boils down to this: too many false positives, not enough skilled staff (because everyone’s chasing shiny object tech instead of learning fundamentals), and tools that don’t talk to each other. They’re suggesting things like better automation – which they should have done *years* ago – threat intelligence platforms (TIPs) to filter the noise, and SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation and Response) to actually do something with those alerts before someone has a nervous breakdown.
And of course, they’re talking about XDR (Extended Detection and Response). Because throwing more acronyms at the problem always works. It’s all about “context,” apparently. Like, you need to know *where* the alert came from before deciding if it matters? Groundbreaking stuff.
They also mention prioritizing alerts based on business impact. Which is just a fancy way of saying “ignore everything that doesn’t directly threaten the quarterly profits.” Lovely.
Honestly, the whole thing reads like a post-mortem for years of terrible security decisions. But hey, at least they’re admitting there’s a problem now. Took them long enough. Don’t expect miracles though; it’ll take more than just buying new tools to fix a fundamentally broken process and a lack of competent people.
Source: How Top CISOs Save Their SOCs from Alert Chaos to Never Miss Real Incidents
Related Anecdote:
I once had a sysadmin install a network monitoring tool that emailed him every time *any* packet was dropped. Every. Single. Packet. He proudly showed me the wall of emails, convinced he was on top of things. I told him to uninstall it and go learn TCP/IP. He didn’t like that very much. Some people just want to be busy, even if they’re doing absolutely nothing useful.
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