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REPORT REVEALS
POSITIVE AND
NEGATIVE TRENDS
A new report reveals both good and bad news about
emerging cybersecurity trends. Mohammed Abukhater,
Vice President – MEA at FireEye, gives us the lowdown
on decreasing detection times, evolving threats from
nation-states and increased attacks during M&A activity.
F
ireEye, the intelligence-led security
company, has released the Mandiant
M-Trends 2019 Report. The report
shares statistics and insights gleaned from
Mandiant investigations around the globe in
2018. Key findings include:
• Dwell time decreasing as
organisations improve detection
capabilities: In 2017, the median
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duration between the start of an intrusion
and the identification by an internal
team was 57.5 days. In 2018 this
duration decreased to 50.5 days. While
organisations are getting better and
faster at discovering breaches internally,
rather than being notified by an outside
source such as law enforcement, there
has also been a rise in disruptive, ransom
or otherwise immediately visible attacks.
TRENDING
“
I SEE THE
DECREASE (IN
TIME TAKEN
TO DETECT A
BREACH) AS THE
BIGGEST POSITIVE
IN OUR M-TRENDS
REPORT FOR THE
PAST YEAR.
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