Hollywood has long loved to show us what online hackers are capable of, from taking down US intelligence from small dark rooms to breaching security codes and stealing millions from casinos and, of course, epic battles with Bruce Willis. But what happens when they infiltrate smaller enterprises?
For the last 20 years the security industry has experienced many real challenges and as technology continues to improve so does the threat of security breaches. For enterprises, stopping hackers seems almost impossible when you look at all the breaches that occur around the world every day.
“Detecting these breaches seems to be just as hard, with some industry stats suggesting hackers can go unnoticed inside corporate networks for months,” says Jeff Paine, cofounder of ResponSight.