Hackers are ruthless in their persistence and fortitude. It can take weeks or months for them to gather intelligence on your IT vulnerabilities, penetrate your network, and exfiltrate your precious data. But they know, and statistics prove this, that, for the most part, their victims have no idea that their network infrastructure is under attack – until it’s too late.
Cybersecurity, or lack thereof, was a hallmark of the 2016 election season. With Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, being chief among the targets of cyber attackers. In March of this year, Podesta fell victim to the oldest trick in the book – phishing – which led to the subsequent hacking and Wikileaks-led disclosure of hundreds of thousands of emails.
Nothing seems to surprise us anymore when it comes to cybersecurity. Attacks against government agencies and businesses are constantly in the headlines. Just last year, DLT partner, Symantec, discovered more than 430 million new unique pieces of malware across its Global Intelligence Network – that’s an increase of 35% over the previous year.