“Protesters” from security teams buried under thousands of alerts
take to the streets to demand automation and collaboration

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Swimlane,
a leader in security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR),
today staged a mock protest at the 2019
RSA Conference on behalf of understaffed and overworked security
operations teams that are inundated by security alerts and the tedious
and time-consuming manual incident response processes they perform when
their organization doesn’t deploy an automated platform.

The mock protesters swarmed Howard Street in front of the conference,
carrying picket signs displaying various sayings and images, including
comically large scissors and glue, shouting slogans such as, “we need to
do our jobs with haste, no more copy-paste!”

“I’ve worked in security operations for many different verticals, and I
understand the struggle that comes with never being able to dig yourself
out from under the unending onslaught of alerts, notifications and
unplanned tasks,” said Cody Cornell, Swimlane’s co-founder and
CEO. “Automation empowers bogged down analysts by enabling them with the
resources to complete more thoughtful tasks for which they were
originally trained—proactive threat hunting and more in-depth
investigations and analyses.”

A recent report from Cybersecurity Ventures estimates that there will be 3.5
million unfilled cybersecurity jobs by 2021. That shortage ensures
many security teams will struggle to implement important security
capabilities and respond to alerts effectively, which leaves
organizations vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated bad actors. In
fact, a report from
Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) found that “79 percent of
security teams” feel “overwhelmed by the volume of threat alerts.”
Considering that a survey
at last year’s RSA Conference revealed “more than half (55 percent)” of
surveyed organizations “see in excess of 10,000 such alerts” and “27
percent of enterprise security teams see more than 1 million alerts per
day,” the demand for automation is an inevitability.

“This is a real problem and it won’t fix itself,” Cornell said. “RSA
Conference is the place for security teams to come together for learning
and training and is the ideal place to talk about solutions to problems
in the industry. We are serious about our mission to improve the
problems plaguing security operations teams everywhere, and this protest
is an example of our dedication to raise awareness about major problems
in our industry.”

In addition to the limited resources hindering the work of security
operations centers (SOCs), many organizations face similar threats and
duplicate efforts within their respective incident response processes.
As such, a significant amount of threat intelligence can be shared to
benefit the larger security community.

“Security professionals and organizations are outnumbered,” said
Cornell. “We need to work together to bolster our collective security
posture by sharing investigative information beyond specific IOCs
[indicators of compromise].”

To assist in collaboration and enable security information sharing,
Swimlane recently launched “Hands-Free Security,” a podcast series that
convenes industry thought leaders and subject matter experts to discuss
security operations (SecOps) strategies and how SOAR can help.

While many security vendors offer some form of automation, Swimlane’s
SOAR platform enhances the optimization of SOCs by integrating with
their existing people, processes and technology, which allows them to
use the platform on their terms to fit their unique needs rather than a
generic out-of-the box option. The platform centralizes all relevant
event data in one platform and automates standardized workflows,
empowering SecOps teams with machine-speed decision-making throughout
the entire incident response process.

About Swimlane

Swimlane is at the forefront of the growing market of security
automation, orchestration and response (SOAR) solutions and was founded
to deliver scalable and flexible security solutions to organizations
struggling with alert fatigue, vendor proliferation and chronic staffing
shortages. Swimlane’s solution helps organizations address all security
operations (SecOps) needs, including prioritizing alerts, orchestrating
tools and automating the remediation of threats—improving performance
across the entire organization. Swimlane is headquartered in Denver,
Colorado with operations throughout North America and Europe. For more
information, visit www.Swimlane.com.

About RSA Conference

RSA Conference is the premier series of global events and onDemand
programs where the world talks security and leadership gathers, advances
and emerges. Whether attending in the U.S., the EMEA region, the
Asia-Pacific region or online, RSA Conference events are where the
security industry converges to discuss current and future concerns and
get access to the people, content and ideas that help enable individuals
and companies to win, grow and do their best. It’s about bringing all
people in the cybersecurity industry together and empowering the
collective “we” of the cybersecurity industry to stand against
cyberthreats around the world. RSA Conference is the ultimate
marketplace for the latest technologies and hands-on educational
opportunities that help industry professionals discover how to make
their companies more secure while showcasing the most enterprising,
influential and thought-provoking thinkers and leaders in security
today. For information on events, online programming and the most
up-to-date news pertaining to the information security industry, visit www.rsaconference.com.

Contacts

Melissa Christensen
MAPRagency
[email protected]
720.833.5918