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5 Tips to Combat Cybersecurity Alert Fatigue | Blumira

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Ever heard of the saying “too much of a good thing?” Security alerts can give you visibility over what’s happening in your environment, but too many alerts actually have the opposite effect. Cybersecurity alert fatigue occurs when admins or analysts receive an overwhelming number of alerts from security tools — some of which are innocuous and irrelevant — causing them to ignore the alerts that really matter. Alert fatigue is often associated with cybersecurity products like antivirus, endpoint security, firewalls and traditional security incident and event management (SIEMs). A worst-case example of alert fatigue is when analysts spend most of their days investigating menial, repetitive audit alerts that don’t have much analytical or security value. False positives also worsen the situation by creating unnecessary noise for events that aren’t security threats, like a series of failed login attempts. False alarms account for about 40% of all alerts that security teams receive and furthe

5 Tips to Combat Cybersecurity Alert Fatigue | Blumira September 16, 2021 5 Tips to Combat Cybersecurity Alert Fatigue Ever heard of the saying “too much of a good thing?” Security alerts can give you visibility over what’s happening in your environment, but too many alerts actually have the opposite effect. What Is Cybersecurity Alert Fatigue? Cybersecurity alert fatigue occurs when admins or analysts receive an overwhelming number of alerts from security tools — some of which are innocuous and irrelevant — causing them to ignore the alerts that really matter. Alert fatigue is often associate

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