“It’s striking how many layers of obfuscation that the group adopts. These groups are innovating and becoming more creative.”

“The total average cost of a data breach  in the U.S. is now $8.19 million,and the average total cost has increased 130 percent over the 14 years of the study, up from $3.54 million in 2006”, according to a study by data security research organization Ponemon Institute.

“Anything that the facility is capable of in its natural operating system, you’re [an attacker] capable of doing—and doing damage with if you control the network.”

“All it takes is one breach and you would have paid for your entire (breach detection) product.”

“Deception as an automated responsive mechanism represents a sea change in the capabilities of the future of IT security that product managers or security programs should not take lightly.”

“There’s two kinds of CIOs: ones who have been hacked and know it, and those who have been hacked and don’t yet realize it. But the reality is, you’ve been hacked.”

“The big takeaway from our research is that more investment is needed in both security operations staff and in security tools, which can help companies efficiently and accurately detect and respond to security incidents. The time to detect an advanced threat is far too long; attackers are getting in and staying long enough that the damage caused is often irreparable.”

“This is the age-old approach to zero-day malware exploits. Once you have something running on your systems, if you don’t do something to prevent the attackers from escalating their rights, then that’s the keys to the kingdom.”