‘Threats From Within’ a ‘Persistent’ Cybercrimes Issue: Survey

Businesses take 20.9 hours on average to respond with mitigating actions to cyberattacks, a Deep Instinct survey found. The predictive-analytics vendor commissioned Hayhurst Consultancy to canvass 1,500 senior cybersecurity executives in 11 countries in July, finding lack of threat prevention “specific to never-before-seen malware” was a “top concern” among 44%. “Given the lag time that security teams often face when responding to an attack, survey respondents were uncertain whether it is possible to prevent the constant waves of attacks from cybercriminals,” said Deep Instinct. “Threats from within” remain a “persistent issue,” it said, finding 86% lacked confidence “that their fellow employees will not click on malicious links, easily allowing threats into an environment and initiating an attack or breach.”