Cyber criminals continue to disrupt their targets’ operations and a new report from Cisco recommends reducing their “time to operate” by shifting defense strategies from fighting intrusions “here and there” to a holistic approach to security.
“Defenders are not protecting systems in a way that matches how attackers do their work. Although defenders have evolved their strategies and tools for fighting online criminals, attackers are still permitted far too much unconstrained time to operate,” commented Cisco in its midyear report on cybersecurity. “If defenders improve the tools at their disposal, by reducing the time needed to patch vulnerabilities and upgrade their infrastructure, attackers become known—and therefore, defenders can constrain and even close adversaries’ operational spaces.”
At the heart of Cisco’s recommendations is improving awareness at organizations. They highlighted the number of instances in which cyber criminals exploit known software weaknesses to infiltrate systems. These are vulnerabilities that organizations using various softwares “should have known about” and patched, according to Cisco.
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