More than half of cyberattacks infiltrate environments without detection

While organizations continue to invest significant amounts in security controls and assume that this means assets are fully protected, the reality is that a majority of attacks successfully infiltrate production environments without their knowledge. This is among the findings of a new report from Mandiant Solutions -- the threat intelligence arm of FireEye -- based on real attacks, specific malicious behaviors, and actor-attributed techniques and tactics. In the tests, 53 percent of attacks successfully infiltrated environments without detection. 26 percent of attacks successfully infiltrated environments but were detected, while 33 percent of attacks were prevented by security tools. Alerts for only… [Continue Reading]