Week 7: Cybersecurity Burnout – Human vs Machine

As cyber threats continue to grow in numbers, targeting databases and companies' digital assets, security experts constantly develop security measures to undermine those threats. As a result, analysts in today's SOCs are highly pressured to perform well as they are expected to protect companies' data, regardless of its location, while navigating the complexity of the modern hybrid organization.

In a Twitter poll, 63% of the participants pointed out the importance of data security as being of high importance. The survey also stated that 6 in 10 organizations received more than 500 cloud security alerts per day. The mental fatigue of those constant threats caused companies to miss critical alerts weekly or even daily. 55% of companies admit to it. Therefore, security experts' fear of missing incidents (FOMI) increases because data breaches will affect the company's credibility and will result in monetary damages, and fines. 35% of cyber professionals also reveal they are burned out.

To help cybersecurity professionals in their work, the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning could be a solution to the problem. However, the cost is high, and the skill sets required are advanced. Another means would be to use the MDR, which is a cybersecurity service. By using a third party, the companies will have the ability to focus on generating value. Companies' data breaches and hacking instances have become out of control.

The complexity of this boundless and vicious circle of cyberattacks has pushed cybersecurity employees beyond the brink of exhaustion. The article author believes that Managed detection and response (MDR) is the round-the-clock monitoring system of tomorrow.

Reference:

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/opinions/cybersecurity-burnout-human-machine/