There’s a lot of buzz about the latest cyber threats — and worldweary security analysts are keenly aware. Malware has mutated to great new heights; AI has introduced a slew of attack vectors; and cybercrime syndicates are coming up with crazier tactics. (And even crazier names — who had Peach Sandstorm on their cybercrime bingo card?) Bottom line: It’s tough out there if you’re a security analyst. Believe us, we know.

 

In the 2024 State of Security report, 46% of security pros said they were struggling to keep up with cybersecurity requirements. To make matters worse, security teams are overwhelmed by an endless sea of data — spending too much time analyzing logs across multiple tools in an attempt to identify and protect the right data at the right time.

 

Organizations big and small often rely on “swivel-chair security,” according to the latest ESG SOC Market Trends report. Analysts pivot from one tool to the next, extracting and analyzing security logs from a dizzying range of tools. Unsurprisingly, this is labor-intensive and bogs analysts down, making it much harder to glean key insights when the time is ripe