A study by the Ponemon Institute and NetWitness, entitled Growing Risk of Advanced Threats, has found that more than 83 percent of IT and IT security leaders believe that their organizations have been targeted recently by advanced threats, and 41 percent says they are frequent targets. Fully 81 percent said their leadership lacked awareness of the seriousness of the business risks associated with advanced threats.

"In our discussions with key stakeholders, it is obvious that while threats are evolving quickly, defenses continue to lag," says Ponemon Institute chairman and founder Larry Ponemon. "More than 70 percent of organizations reported that advanced threats are evading traditional security stalwarts such as AV and IDS. The stakes could not be higher since nearly half of the sample group has lost critical business information as a result of a successful attack."

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