When is a vulnerability not a vulnerability? Overcoming the inundation of noisy security alerts

The growth in security threats has overwhelmed organizations. All too frequently, security teams are forced to prioritize compliance-related checkboxes, as opposed to work that makes a real dent in their organization’s security. Since few teams can afford to simply expand their teams to keep up — they must take a new approach to evaluating and prioritizing threats. This talk presents a counterintuitive approach to strengthening security: one that ignores over 90% of security vulnerability alerts. Using specific examples, it illustrates how organizations can ignore alerts with high confidence, and how this enables a marked shift in security workflows and behavior, thus significantly improving security posture.