Advanced cyber attacks are so sophisticated that conventional security tools are unable to cope.
Research by Lieberman Software found that as new cyber attacks continue to emerge, 48 per cent of IT security professionals admit they are not confident that they could detect an attacker attempting to breach their network. According to a survey carried out recently at last year’s Black Hat USA conference, the majority of respondents revealed they were confident that their organisation’s security products and processes could keep up with new and emerging security threats. However, in the 2014 study, this figure dropped significantly to only 41 per cent.
Other findings from the survey showed that 59 percent of respondents believe a state-sponsored attack will attempt to breach their organisation in the next six months. More startling, among those fearful of state-sponsored attacks, 44 per cent confess that they could not detect the presence of an attacker attempting to penetrate their network to access sensitive data.
