Reports indicate companies with more than a thousand employees typically have 70 security products from 35 different vendors - resulting in alert fatigue as security teams try to discern what matters. iTWireTV spoke with Secureworks chief sales officer Ian Bancroft and Secureworks director and GM APAC Demetrios Georgiou about extended detection and response and how it can make a huge difference in identifying and responding to security issues.
The Secureworks executives explained what we mean by alerts, events, and incidents in the context of security operations; how to prioritise these; what extended detection and response (XDR) means, and especially what it means to have an open XDR platform like Secureworks does.
Watch our talk here; it's a very interesting discussion as the two gentlemen explain how to manage vast quantities of alerts at scale.
David has been computing since 1984 where he instantly gravitated to the family Commodore 64. He completed a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from 1990 to 1992, commencing full-time employment as a systems analyst at the end of that year. David subsequently worked as a UNIX Systems Manager, Asia-Pacific technical specialist for an international software company, Business Analyst, IT Manager, and other roles. David has been the Chief Information Officer for national public companies since 2007, delivering IT knowledge and business acumen, seeking to transform the industries within which he works. David is also involved in the user group community, the Australian Computer Society technical advisory boards, and education.