To address to the ever increasing incidents of data losses and threats to the networks organizations are tilting more towards the trend of BYOD (bring your own device) and they are implementing the policy of mobile devices but still the data threats are increasing considerably.

According to facts and figures:-

• As the numbers show that 9 out of ten large firms and more than 7 out of ten small ones experienced a breach in 2016. A significant increase of 80% and 62% respectively was seen as compared to the last year.
• More than 7 out of ten large firms and 3 out of ten small firms experienced breaches cost by the staff members or that were caused by the negligence of members.
• Talking about outsider attacks 69 percent of large firms and 40 percent of smaller ones suffered unauthorized attacks and accesses by the outsiders to the system.
• Another figure that enhances the importance of firewall management is that in the year 2016 a security breach to a large firm on an average costed them £ 1.73m to £27.6m.

We all know when an organization is attacked by a bug, hacker or group of hackers then every minute counts and the more time is wasted means the more chances of mitigation are lessening.

Some of the threats are so advanced that if they aren’t countered in the initial stages then they become impossible to control. Most organizations are protecting their networks against these sorts of advanced attacks.

Advanced persistent threats:-

These attacks can be best described as the advanced persistent threats or the APTs. The operation manual of these attacks is to just monitor the network for long periods of time and in the process extract important information and data.

Targeted attacks:-

The other form of attack that is also considered dangerous for the organization is the targeted attacks.

Survey:-

As a survey conducted by Evalueserve commissioned by McAfee which included 473 companies tells that more than 74% of these companies have showed serious concerns about both these types of attacks. It also hints that hackers may be more advanced than we think.

Need of a more vigilant approach:-

But a vigilant approach against the threats and using SIEM as a service can put the organization in the driving seat.

Timely detection and action:-

In the above mentioned survey more than 55 percent of firms told that they were able to discover the attacks and unauthorized activities in a matter of minutes which allowed them to nip the evil in the bud.

The reason behind the detection of these attacks was the technology known as the security information and event management which helped in the effective and timely detection of attack and generated an incident response against it.

See Also:

• Secure Your Network System With A Secure Browser
• How To Deal With Threats Using SOC And Tackle Firewall Migration Process