Security News > 2020 > February > SecOps teams face challenges in understanding how security tools work

Security professionals are overconfident in their tools with 50% reporting that they have experienced a security breach because one or more of their security products was not working as expected, according to Keysight.

"Enterprises are faced with a continuous stream of cyberattacks that threaten their businesses, and in many cases they attempt to deal with these by buying more security tools. Yet they don't know whether these products are delivering the protection they expect," said Scott Register, vice president, security solutions at Keysight's Network Applications & Security Group.

"The disconnect is when good security tools are misconfigured or security teams lack the skills to use their tools. This situation leads to overspending on overlapping tools and compromises an organization's security posture."

Good security tools don't always protect as expected: 50% of survey respondents stated they found a security solution was not working as expected after a breach had occurred.

Overlapping security product functions waste budgets and time: 66% of companies are using security solutions whose functions overlap, and for 41% of respondents this overlap is unintentional, wasting security budgets and management time without strengthening the organization's security posture.

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