Network security needs big data

There are two types of organization now: those that have been breached, and those that just don’t know it yet.

A big part of the problem is that the traditional approach to network security, relying on perimeter-centric strategies, is failing. According to the 2014 Cyberthreat Defense Report, more than 60% of organizations fell victim to one or more successful cyberattacks last year. But it is the following statistic that shows the ineffectiveness of perimeter defenses: Studies have shown that between 66% and 90% of data breaches are identified, not by the organizations that are breached, but by third parties.

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