How Crowdalert Keeps Your Security Team from Drowning in Alerts
Improve your alert relevance and prioritization to stop team burnout
SecOps teams are often overwhelmed by alerts. It’s a familiar struggle—an endless stream of notifications can mean that the most critical alerts get lost in a sea of noise. This constant barrage can lead to burnout, as security professionals feel pressured to stay on top of every notification, risking exhaustion and decreased efficiency. That’s where Crowdalert comes in, helping to cut through the clutter and keep security operations running smoothly. By focusing on what truly matters, Crowdalert supports security teams in managing their workload effectively, reducing stress, and preventing burnout in an already demanding field.
The Reality of Excessive Notifications
If you’re part of a security operations team, you know the feeling all too well. Security information and event management (SEIM) platforms churn out alerts by the dozen, many of which are irrelevant or low priority. This flood of notifications makes it hard to spot the genuine threats that require immediate attention. Crowdalert breaks that mold to ensure that your team can automatically recognize and act on the alerts that matter. No more drowning in irrelevant information—just clear, actionable alerts that keep your focus where it needs to be.
Real-Time Alerts with Identity Context
Imagine getting a notification in Slack about a change in the production database’s firewall rules. Instead of a vague message, you receive context about the changes and why they were made from an automated out-of-band communication with the account user that lets you assess the situation quickly. Crowdalert filters out the noise.
We integrate with any data source, including logs from GitHub, Okta, AWS, or your SIEM platform, to provide details about user identities across your systems so you know exactly what happened before and after an alert was triggered.
Tackling False Positives with Human Feedback
False positives can be a major headache for security teams—wasting time and causing unnecessary stress. Crowdalert tackles this issue by integrating human feedback into our machine learning processes. Instead of bombarding your security team with alerts for every anomaly, we ask for real-time confirmation and justification from the relevant employee.
Let’s say someone launches a new instance in AWS. Crowdalert will send a quick message in Slack asking the user for confirmation. If the action is legitimate, it’s deprioritized and logged. However, if this action is accompanied by activity somewhere else in your environment, this context is automatically added to the alert and prioritized according to your risk threshold.
Seamless Integration with Existing Tools
Crowdalert also works seamlessly with SIEM systems, ensuring that you can maintain a cohesive workflow. Whether your team prefers to handle high-priority alerts in Slack or explore data in more traditional platforms, Crowdalert provides the flexibility and visibility you need. By managing and prioritizing alerts as they come in, Crowdalert supports your established processes while simplifying your security operations and investigations. It’s all about making your life easier so you can focus on what’s important.
Clarity and Focus in Security Operations
Crowdalert addresses the critical issue of information overload head-on. By prompting users to confirm potentially risky events and filtering alerts for the security team, we help maintain focus on the most pressing issues. This not only reduces false positives but also enhances communication across departments, streamlining incident response and building trust for security throughout the company. Alert fatigue is a reality, and Crowdalert’s approach keeps things straightforward, actionable, and relevant, empowering your security team to stay ahead of the game without the stress of irrelevant data. This is a simple way to help transform your security operations from chaos into clarity, ensuring that your team is ready to tackle what counts: protecting your organization. With Crowdalert, you can keep your team focused on real threats while minimizing the noise.
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- Crowdalert Staff