False Positive or First Sign of a Breach? How Tier 1 SOC Analysts Can Tell the Difference Faster
Imagine a Tier 1 analyst receiving an alert: an employee’s laptop has connected to an unfamiliar domain. The detection is not dramatic. No ransomware note. No obvious malware verdict. No endpoint isolation. Just a domain, an IP address, a timestamp, and a medium-severity alert. The analyst opens...