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Avoiding Rigidity in Incident Response Automation

Incident Response, SOAR

By Walker Banerd •September 20, 2017

The idea that many analysts and CISOs are concerned about automating and orchestrating security actions should come as no surprise. After all, human decision-making leverages…

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How to Get More Value from Your Junior Security Analysts

Incident Response, SOAR

By Walker Banerd •September 14, 2017

There’s nothing better for your incident response program than an experienced security analyst. But these days, you’re lucky if you have more than one or…

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Saving Valuable Time with Security Automation

Incident Response, SOAR

By Walker Banerd •September 6, 2017

Being chronically understaffed means that SOC and IR teams are hit doubly hard by sudden increases in the volume and sophistication of security alerts.  Analysts…

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The Importance of Full-Lifecycle IR to Support Automation

Incident Response, SOAR

By Walker Banerd •August 15, 2017

Automation and orchestration have quickly become an integral part of incident response (IR), and grabbed the industry’s attention in the process. That’s because SOC…

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5 Common Incident Response Problems that SOAR can Help Solve

Incident Response, SOAR

By Stan Engelbrecht •July 31, 2017

Most companies that are struggling with their incident response program fall into two categories: They don’t realize what their problems are, because they’ve always done…

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Cybersecurity Incident Response Buyer’s Guide

Incident Response, SOAR

By Walker Banerd •July 20, 2017

Sometimes it seems like you need to be a CISSP just to understand the variety of incident response platforms (IRPs) on the market. Cybersecurity incident…

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Understanding Automated Incident Response

Incident Response, SOAR

By Walker Banerd •July 7, 2017

If you’ve spent time evaluating cyber incident response platforms (IRPs), you’ve undoubtedly felt the hype surrounding automation and orchestration. And rightfully so. When applied…

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4 Ways Your IRP Can Help Reduce False Positives

Incident Response, SOAR

By Walker Banerd •June 30, 2017

False positives are to the security analyst what cats in trees are to the fire brigade: wasted time and a distraction from the real emergencies.

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Why Are Ransomware Attacks So Successful?

Incident Response, SOAR

By Alex MacLachlan •June 21, 2017

Ransomware helped cyber criminals pad their Bitcoin wallets with $1B in 2016, according to the FBI.  The threat has continued unabated in 2017, with…

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