"Hackers Still Outpace Breach Detection, Containment Efforts"

Reports recently released by security researchers, including the Trustwave 2019 Global Security Report and the FireEye 2019 Mandiant M-Trends Report, indicate that there has been an improvement in the discovery and containment of data breaches as organizations have increased the speed at which cyber incidents are detected. According to the results of studies highlighted by these reports, the time between intrusion and detection has been shortened significantly by days. Mandiant shared that the time between the occurrence of compromise and its discovery decreased from 101 days in 2017 to 78 days in 2018, showing a major decrease in dwell time. Dwell time is the amount of time attackers go undetected in a system or the time it takes for an organization to become aware of an incident. Cybersecurity teams should continue striving to reduce dwell time. However, security researchers still emphasize that attackers do not need a lot of time to inflict major damage. This article continues to discuss findings in relation to the improvement in breach detection and containment, and the use of automation to improve such efforts.  

Dark Reading reports "Hackers Still Outpace Breach Detection, Containment Efforts"