Chief Product Officer
Amid a dynamic and growing cyberthreat landscape, one factor remains constant: For security teams, the daily flood of threat alerts is unmanageable. More than four in every five cybersecurity professionals (83 percent) say they feel overwhelmed by the volume of alerts and false positives, exacerbated by a lack of relevant context.1 A similar percentage of security practitioners (84 percent) are experiencing burnout2, which compounds human errors in judgment and execution.
Beyond the sheer volume of alerts that security operations centers (SOCs) must contend with—hundreds or thousands, with some estimates ranging as high as 11,000 per day—existing security solutions can encumber teams rather than empower them. The real-world consequences: most security experts don’t trust their tools to work as needed. At first glance, the answer might seem straightforward: hire more security staff or adopt new capabilities. But in today’s climate—marked by limited talent availability, shrinking budgets, and an ever-evolving threat landscape—these approaches are no longer sustainable.
To overcome these challenges and stay ahead of evolving cyber threats, many organizations are turning to expert partners for support. One such option is Managed Detection and Response (MDR), which can enhance security postures without introducing complexity. With the right MDR solution in place, businesses can achieve faster, more effective threat detection, containment, and remediation—improving resiliency while reducing strain on internal teams.
As cyber risks grow and in-house resources shrink, many SOC teams are left struggling to identify genuine threat signals in a sea of noise. Without sufficient time to properly detect and proactively investigate threat patterns, many security teams find themselves rushing through investigation steps—missing, misinterpreting, or failing to identify or escalate risks properly. Investing in more skilled staff can help alleviate these challenges, but sourcing and retaining personnel in today’s landscape is easier said than done. Facing a well-known global cybersecurity talent shortage, with nearly 4 million skilled workers needed to fill existing roles3, businesses are finding it increasingly difficult to find and maintain adequate resources to effectively manage security operations and address cyber risks.
With security teams already stretched thin and few reinforcements in sight, many organizations attempt to bridge the gap by adding more tools. Yet, nearly three-quarters of practitioners are already underwater, managing anywhere between 20 and 80 security solutions.4
Instead of improving security postures, this approach often leads to “tool sprawl”—a tangled patchwork of overlapping and poorly integrated technologies. While each toolset plays a role in the cyber defense lifecycle, overseeing them increases complexity, creates operational blind spots, and can overwhelm internal teams. The result is not just alert fatigue but “analysis paralysis,” as SOC analysts struggle to interpret conflicting signals, prioritize threats, and respond effectively. This fragmented strategy ultimately strains resources even further and weakens an organization’s ability to detect, contain, and mitigate cyber threats.
Instead of improving security postures, this approach often leads to “tool sprawl”—a tangled patchwork of overlapping and poorly integrated technologies. While each toolset plays a role in the cyber defense lifecycle, overseeing them increases complexity, creates operational blind spots, and can overwhelm internal teams. The result is not just alert fatigue but “analysis paralysis,” as SOC analysts struggle to interpret conflicting signals, prioritize threats, and respond effectively. This fragmented strategy ultimately strains resources even further and weakens an organization’s ability to detect, contain, and mitigate cyber threats.
NexusTek’s advanced Managed MDR service delivers a fully managed, single-point solution that ensures full visibility across environments and attack surfaces, coupled with integrated remediation, patching, and vulnerability management. With NexusTek MDR, organizations gain on-demand access to a team of elite security professionals who proactively identify and neutralize threats while ensuring regulatory compliance. Continuous vulnerability scanning and end-to-end incident lifecycle management track every step, from detection to resolution, fortifying resilience and proactively combating cyber threats before they can cause damage.
Unlike other services with limited coverage or inadequate response capabilities, NexusTek MDR provides holistic protection across entire digital estates, safeguarding networks, endpoints, custom applications, and cloud environments. But NexusTek MDR goes beyond simple threat visibility—our solution enables rapid containment and remediation by isolating infected systems, blocking malicious traffic, and deploying advanced threat prevention techniques that surpass standard detection and response. Backed by 24/7/365 support from NexusTek’s certified professionals, we act as an extension of internal security teams, improving threat detection, mitigation, and management while eliminating the need for additional resources or redundant point solutions.
Trusted by thousands of businesses, NexusTek is your strategic partner to mitigate risk, accelerate transformation, and improve business outcomes. To learn more about our leading MDR service, or any one of our security, cloud, data, and IT offerings, connect with a NexusTek representative today.
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Chief Product Officer, NexusTek
Jay Cuthrell is a seasoned technology executive with extensive experience in driving innovation in IT, hybrid cloud, and multicloud solutions. As Chief Product Officer at NexusTek, he leads efforts in product strategy and marketing, building on a career that includes key leadership roles at IBM, Dell Technologies, and Faction, where he advanced AI/ML, platform engineering, and enterprise data services.