www . AmericanSecurityToday . com April 2021 - Edition 54
There are four key challenges affecting modern security technology .
• New vectors of attack — security tools are getting better at detecting unknown malware and attacks .
• Machine learning based tech , such as UEBA , can identify anomalous behavior that might be an attack , even if it is not a recognized attack pattern or a known malicious IP .
• However , because security tools are siloed , attacks that move across several security layers , such as attacks on cloud infrastructure , can evade even state of the art security measures .
• Alert fatigue — a survey by ESG showed that over a quarter of security professionals say it takes them too long to investi-
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