Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)

We discussed cyber security in one of my course. We studied the MANSIANT APT document. It is astonishing to learn that the overall APT undetection rate is 76%! (p. 7). It seems to me that it is almost impossible to prevent an APT threat in current digital era.

The case studies in the MANDIANT report are comprised of many cases in both public and private sectors. It unveils the "breach" of cyber information unviersally depends on IT personnel due to the fact that they have administrative authorization, full ability to access users' passwords and accounts within the networks. Thus, managment should take an aggressive and defensive approach within the organization in adition to collaborating with cyber-security professionals.

If you are interested, here is the entire report:
http://www.princeton.edu/~yctwo/files/readings/M-Trends.pdf