“There’s a mad rush in the cybersecurity solutions space to use the terms machine learning, analytics, and data science in conjunction with security products. IT executives considering these solutions should ask probing questions that dig through the marketing hype to allow a careful assessment of the scope and depth of analytics techniques. By asking these questions, IT leaders will be better able to assess the potential value to the enterprise,” said Mike Chapple, adjunct research analyst with IDC’s IT Executive Programs (IEP).

IDC Research Report published November 2017.
Read the full report: Data Science in Cybersecurity: Five Questions to Ask Vendors