Security News > 2023 > October > Reinforcing cybersecurity: The network’s role to prevent, detect, and respond to attacks
It's funny because while clearly, every network issue doesn't resolve to some funky DNS issue, too many network admins have banged their heads against their keyboard for hours only to find out that the culprit was indeed some DNS issue.
After an initial compromise, it only takes threat actors 84 minutes on average to pivot deeper into your network.
I believe the key to better network security can be summed up with the triad of Prevent, Detect, and Respond.
In these cases, it is how you respond that separates an average Tuesday from a multi-million dollar headline-making attack.
With answers in hand, you will be able to get a sense of how mature your organization is on its network security journey.
This article could easily have been titled "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." If the average breach takes nine months to detect and costs nearly $5 million, it is worth asking, "Is my organization doing enough to prevent breaches in the first place?".