19 Aug 2020

Exabeam, the Smarter SIEM™ company, releases new research, revealing that 62 percent of blue teams have difficulty stopping red teams during adversary simulation exercises. Respondents named threat detection, incident response and flexibility/openness to change while working remotely as the top three areas that blue teams must improve upon.

This indicates an increase in technical and adaptability challenges since the same study was performed in 2019, where the focus fell heavily on teamwork and communication. While 37 percent of blue teams always or often catch these ‘bad actors,’ more than half (55 percent) say they only succeed sometimes, and 7 percent rarely or never achieve this feat.