Nearly half of cyber security people surveyed didn’t have the time to threat hunt, and a third cited lack of skills. But almost all of them – 88 per cent – believe threat hunting is a necessity, according to a cyber product firm. According to the Fidelis 2018 State of Threat Detection Report, 63 per cent of all respondents said they do not employ threat hunting or do not know if they do, with just over half (51 per cent) of organisations with over 5000 employees stating that they threat hunt.
Nick Lantuh, CEO of Fidelis, said: “The common challenges they face are the lack of resources and expertise necessary to do it right, which our study has also confirmed. Organisations need the depth of insights into their data, the proper analytical tools, automated detection & response and the expertise to shift their defence strategy from being rocked back on their heels to up on their toes.”
A bare fifth, 21 per cent of respondents perceived their detection measures to be highly effective. Healthcare and United States federal public-sector organisations have the lowest confidence levels with just 5 per cent and 6 per cent of respondents respectively stating that they felt their detection capabilities were highly effective.
Read the full report at the Fidelis website: https://www.fidelissecurity.com/threat-detection-report-2018.
