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# Making noise
- URL: https://cje.io/2018/09/01/making-noise/
- Published: 2018-09-01T06:56:48.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-08T00:40:38.000Z
- Author: Casey Ellis
- Tags: Security, Hot Takes

> “We had a problem with a few needles, and as an industry decided that the best thing to do was to drop a haystack on them.”

This is definitely QOTD from an old cybersecurity industry friend over lunch today. It sums up the current information overload problem for those on the coalface. Ultimately, much of the fatigue has been caused by the current state of cybersecurity solutioneering.

It’s time to start focusing on lifting the haystack so we can deal with the needles.

![](https://cje.io/assets/images/anchorman-yelling.gif.jpg)