New SOC Research Reveals Security Teams Overconfident in Detecting Cyberthreats
The survey, conducted among 295 respondents across the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Germany and Australia, was also fielded to determine how analysts and SOC management view key aspects of their operations, hiring and staffing, retention, technologies, training and funding.
"From 2018-2019, we learned that dwell time - or, the time between when a compromise first occurs and when it is first detected - has grown. Based on this, it is surprising for SOCs to report such inflated confidence in detecting cyberthreats," said Steve Moore, chief security strategist at Exabeam. "We see great progress in the SOC with attention paid to employee well-being, measures for better communication and more. However, disparate perceptions of the SOCs’ effectiveness could be dangerously interpreted by the C-suite as assurances that the company is well-protected and secure, when it’s not."