A recent study by Dimensional Research evaluated the confidence of IT professionals in detecting a cyber attack in progress. While the majority indicated high levels of confidence in their ability to detect a data breach, they were unsure how long it would take automated tools to discover key indicators of compromise.
The study also found:
- 48% of energy and health care respondents had the lowest percentage of successful patches in a typical patch cycle, with a success rate of less than 80%.
- 62% of respondents were unsure how long it would take for automated tools to generate an alert if they detected an unauthorized device on the network, while 87% believed it would happen within hours.
- 48% of respondents working for federal government organizations said not all detected vulnerabilities are remediated within 15 to 30 days.
- 42% of midmarket organizations do not detect all attempts to access files on local systems or network-accessible file shares by users who do not have the appropriate privileges.
- 61% who work in the financial services sector said their automated tools do not pick up all the information necessary to identify the locations, departments and other critical details about unauthorized configuration changes to endpoint devices.
- Only 23% of respondents said that 90% of the hardware assets on their organizations’ networks are automatically discovered.
The study concluded that while most organizations are investing in basic security controls, IT managers and executives who don’t have visibility into the time it takes to identify unauthorized changes and new devices are missing key information necessary to defend themselves against cyber attacks.
DataLink can assist with patch management, system monitoring, and vulnerability remediation to safeguard your organization’s IT resources. Contact us today at 410.729.0440 or sales@DataLinkTech.com.
