Indicators of Compromise and Why It Takes Six-Plus Months to ID a Breach

Poorly Identifying Indicators of Cyberattack Is Why It Takes Us Six-Plus Months to Identify a Breach, and Even Longer to Remediate.

Across the U.S., both public and private entities are under assault. Cyberattacks are invisible, but the effects have increasingly been thrust into the limelight, and ransomware is one of the most prevalent threats. In August 2019, The New York Times reported that upwards of 40 municipalities had fallen victim to the data “kidnapping” malware variant. These municipalities range from towns of less than 5,000 to major city centers, including Baltimore and Atlanta. For cybercriminals, they all represent the potential for a massive payday at the expense of taxpayers.

Hackers will always find novel ways to bypass your security protocols, and fighting cybercrime has become less about prevention and more about stemming the bleeding. Ideally, if you can spot these indicators of attack, you can transform your organization’s approach to data protection from reactive to proactive.

 Cybersecurity
BMC

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