Security News > 2020 > March > Increasing number of false positives causing risk of alert fatigue

More than two-fifths of organizations experience false positive alerts in more than 20% of cases, while 15% reported more than half of their security alerts are false positives.

On average, respondents indicated 26% of alerts fielded by their organization are false positives, a Neustar repot reveals.

In response to growing cybersecurity threats, enterprises are investing significant resources in network monitoring and threat intelligence technologies that create more alerts - and more false positives - for security teams.

Security tools contributing to data overload and alert fatigue.

"Cybersecurity teams are increasingly drowning in data and are overwhelmed by the massive volume of alerts, many of them false positives. To ensure these high-value employees in mission critical roles are well-equipped to separate the signal from the noise, enterprises need a curated approach to security data that provides timely, actionable insights that are hyper relevant to their own organization and industry."

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