In multiple areas of cyber security, time is currently working in favor of the attackers — and time is the strategic advantage that the defenders need to regain. In a recent report, Aberdeen Group leveraged Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report data to uncover the distribution of attacker “dwell times,” i.e., the total time in days from attacker compromise to defender detection.

In August 2017, Cyber adAPT partnered with research and smart data firm Aberdeen Group to conduct a threat detection survey. The results provide critical data and the ability to analyze a variety of detection technology questions and scenarios.

This infographic offers a summary of survey points that sought to answer what is causing the spike in detection investment.