The State of Advanced Persistent Threats

"Enterprises are unprepared to deal with APT attacks. According to a new Ponemon Institute study, APTs are changing the threat landscape, rendering current security controls ineffective.

In Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and targeted attacks, attackers use a myriad of tools and techniques to breach into an organizations' network, steal sensitive information and compromise its operations. Many APTs are launched with a specific purpose such as to gather information, including financial data, PII, or other user information such as usernames and passwords. Others may take the form of a continuous barrage of targeted and sophisticated attacks aimed at governments, companies and individuals in order to compromise individual systems and organizations."

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Enterprise network security, up until recently, focused more on securing the perimeter and monitoring network traffic for malicious or suspicious behavior. Visibility within the network segments inside the perimeter came as an afterthought. Phantom will enable organizations to bring down the “attack dwell time”, from an average of 200+ days to matter of hours or minutes.

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Pivotal Defense

Enterprise network security, up until recently, focused more on securing the perimeter and monitoring network traffic for malicious or suspicious behavior. Visibility within the network segments inside the perimeter came as an afterthought. Phantom will enable organizations to bring down the “attack dwell time”, from an average of 200+ days to matter of hours or minutes.

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