The Alert Fatigue Trap: Why Consolidation Only Solves Half the Problem
Oct 12, 2026
When a new threat emerges, the obvious response is to add another layer of protection. A new endpoint threat leads to a new detection tool, a new identity attack brings another monitoring system, while a new SaaS risk adds another source of alerts. Each tool fills a gap and adds another layer of visibility. The challenge starts when all those layers begin generating alerts at the same time. In 2025, Kaseya monitored more than 27.6 billion SaaS events, of which almost 98.9% were low severity, but more than 278.9 million were medium- or critical-level alerts. With that much activity, finding the signals that need attention quickly becomes as much an operational challenge as a security one. As the queue grows, analysts have to filter and prioritize. In the process, a signal that looks minor on its own can be overlooked even though it may become significant when combined with activity from another system. This is the alert fatigue paradox. Adding more tools can incre...
