CISO Decisions: Weighing Costs, Benefits Of Dark Web Monitoring
Search Security, Thursday, February 26th, 2026
Forewarned is forearmed, and dark web monitoring can alert organizations when they're in attacker crosshairs. But for many, the risk and expense make it more trouble than it's worth.
Dark web monitoring can give enterprise cybersecurity teams advance warning of potential attacks before they occur and alert them if corporate data and credentials have already been exposed. By getting insight into what kinds of attacks might be incoming and what systems and users could be targets, organizations can implement proactive defense measures, rather than waiting to react to attacks in motion.