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Our investment in Avalor: Solving security’s data problem | TCV

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Companies of all sizes frequently deploy new security tools to address the evolving threat landscape. Recent research suggests the average mid-sized company has deployed dozens of security tools. These figures are even higher among enterprise companies. But do more tools, and thus more investment, really lead to better security outcomes? Statistics around the industry’s talent shortage aren’t improving, the attack surface is expanding rather than shrinking, and ransomware is intensifying in both frequency and severity. So, where’s the disconnect? Over the years, we have spoken to hundreds of security practitioners. Most of them leverage tools that have their own purpose and taxonomy, which means the data generated by them is often siloed or disjointed and very hard to correlate. So, while these tools may provide essential coverage over critical assets, they can also create a data nightmare for security teams. How well this data is or isn’t organized, prioritized, and actioned determine

Our investment in Avalor: Solving security’s data problem | TCV

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