We have like two people to cover all of our network stuff for the entire department, maybe multiple departments, unfortunately. Some stuff has to be automated and I get that it sucks big time. We also have more international users than a typical US-based site (US IPs are not typically affected). We do use a standard security service for our needs.
At any rate, the verification should be off now, but I've been informed it may return depending on if we're attacked.