Avoiding Security Operations Surprises: The New Threat

In security and intelligence operations, the enemy organizations want to avoid most is surprise. Surprises can cause losses: losses in life, losses in access, losses in revenue, losses in operational agility. In the age of ubiquitous data, it’s hard to believe that anything is unknowable. Yet, as we have recently witnessed in Gaza and Israel, … Continued

Alert Fatigue Pushes Security Analysts to the Limit

Alert fatigue is causing an array of problems, from employee burnout and turnover to the overlooking of important alerts due to lack of time. There is no doubt that the frequency of alerts a Global Operations Center (GSOC) receives on a daily basis has become overwhelming. Team members alone are simply unable to review, organize, … Continued

Three Tips to Strengthen Your Security Intelligence Operations

All businesses need a solid security plan and process for accumulating security intelligence in order to best protect their assets, people, and reputation. If you’re a mom-and-pop store with just one location, your main source of security intelligence might solely be a video camera system. And that’s probably all you need. But, if you’re operating … Continued

Addressing 3 Critical Gaps in Risk Intelligence Solutions

I recently read an article about an artificial intelligence application that reportedly was able to predict future crime patterns with 90% accuracy; to say the least, I was intrigued. These are very impressive numbers, and after six years of development of deep-learning models, statistical algorithms, and neural nets with the goal of identifying risk and … Continued