Processing alerts quickly and efficiently is the cornerstone of a Security Operations Center (SOC) professional’s role. Threat intelligence platforms can significantly enhance their ability to do so. Let’s find out what these platforms are and how they can empower analysts.
The Challenge: Alert Overload
The modern SOC faces a relentless barrage of security alerts generated by SIEMs and EDRs. Sifting through these alerts is both time-consuming and resource-intensive. Analyzing a potential threat often requires searching across multiple sources before finding conclusive evidence to verify if it poses a real risk. This process is further hampered by the frustration of spending valuable time researching artifacts that ultimately turn out to be false positives.
As a result, a significant portion of these events remain uninvestigated. This highlights a critical challenge: finding necessary information related to different indicators quickly and accurately. Threat data platforms offer a…