The security automation industry is still in its infancy, with most vendors just a year or two old. There are some promising technologies that enterprises can put to use — if they have already laid the required ground work. Security automation could, in theory, allow companies to investigate incoming threats and respond to them immediately, without human intervention. Security analysts would then be freed up to focus on the more complex types of attacks. But, overall, security automation is about 10 years behind the automation of other technology processes, says Ariel Tseitlin.”]