Research from MIT Sloan Indicates Top CISO Priority is Enhancing Coverage for a Wide Variety of Attack Types and Surfaces

Attivo Networks^®, an award-winning leader in deception for cybersecurity threat detection, today announced its participation with SINC and MIT Sloan on a research report entitled “The Cybersecurity Landscape: Challenges and How to Overcome Them.” The research differs from the Attivo Networks Top Threat Detection Trends Survey in that it was completed primarily with CISOs, CIOs and other security executives during the coronavirus pandemic, and priorities have changed with the shift to remote working.

With more people working from home, attacks that disrupt services or use credential theft are top concerns, along with the need to protect cloud architectures and critical access resources like Active Directory. Executives are prioritizing security investments that help them fight disruption of service and ensure compliance. A significant concern is ransomware, in part because business continuity and maintaining uptime are of utmost importance to keep operations running.

Additional insights in this report include:

• When asked about priorities to address in the next 12 months, more than 70% of the respondents chose detecting unknown and known attacks, detection across attack surfaces, and insider threats.
• Overall, businesses continue to struggle with reducing dwell time and their efficiency in responding to incidents. Recent reports still show average dwell time in days or months rather than minutes.
• The majority of respondents value deception technology for its comprehensive threat detection, highlighting the technology’s ability to detect any attack vector across any attack surface without relying on known behaviors or signatures. Following closely behind in value is deception’s ability to enable faster triage.
• It was not surprising to see traditional IPS/IDS and EPP/EDR tools rank highly. What is noticeable is that deception ranked as one of the top two or three detection tools for combating lateral movement, Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), ransomware and insider threats.

Respondents in “The Cybersecurity Landscape” report included 100 security professionals with the title of CISO, CIO, Cybersecurity Director, Security Risk Officer/Manager, Director of Security, or VP of Security. The study focuses on their highest priority concerns and priorities, how they evaluate their activities, and what tools and resources they plan to use to improve their security posture. To download the report, visit https://go.attivonetworks.com/Cybersecurity-Landscape-Report-SINC_Registration.html.

About Attivo Networks

Attivo Networks^®, the leader in deception technology, provides an active defense for early detection, forensics, and automated incident response to in-network attacks. The Attivo ThreatDefend^® Deception Platform provides a comprehensive and customer-proven platform for proactive security and accurate threat detection within user networks, data centers, clouds, and a wide variety of specialized attack surfaces. The portfolio includes extensive network, endpoint, application, and data deceptions designed to misdirect and reveal attacks efficiently from all threat vectors. Advanced machine-learning makes preparation, deployment, and operations fast and simple to operate for organizations of all sizes. Comprehensive attack analysis and forensics provide actionable alerts and native integrations that automate the blocking, quarantine, and threat hunting of attacks for accelerated incident response. The company has won over 125 awards for its technology innovation and leadership. For more information, visit www.attivonetworks.com.

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