GEC NEWS WIRECisco midyear security report highlights need for investment in IT and TTD
The Cisco 2015 Midyear Security Report analyzed threat intelligence and cybersecurity trends and has revealed the critical need for organizations to reduce time to detection (TTD) in order to remediate against sophisticated attacks by highly motivated threat actors.
The report covers two main areas; threat intelligence and analysis & observation. Key highlights of the 2015 midyear report underline exploits of Adobe flash vulnerabilities, hiring and funding of professional development teams by operators of crime ware, criminals turning to the anonymous web network Tor and the Invisible Internet Project (I2P) to relay command-and-control communications while evading detection, increase of spam volume in US, China, and the Russian Federation etc.
Rabih Dabboussi, General Manager, Cisco UAE, said, “The technology industry must up the game and provide reliable and resilient products and services, and the security industry must provide vastly improved, yet meaningfully simplified, capabilities for detecting, preventing, and recovering from attacks. This is where Cisco is leading. Trust is tightly linked to security, and transparency is key so industry-leading technology is only half the battle.”
The report also asserts that the innovation race between adversaries and security vendors is accelerating, placing end users and organizations at increasing risk. Vendors must be vigilant in developing integrated security solutions that help organizations be proactive and align the right people, processes, and technology.
