time to detection

March 22, 2017

SECURITY

“Time to Evolve” Analysis Yields New Insight on Malware Obfuscation Techniques and Adds Dimension to “Time to Dete …

3 min read

[Blog authored by Aaron Weis and Samuel Wigley] Cisco has been measuring our security products’ median “time to detection” (TTD) — the window of time between a compromise and detection of a threat — since 2015. This exercise is a way for us to benchmark our progress, and continually refine our approach, to detecting threats. […]

September 14, 2016

SECURITY

Why Cisco Is an Essential Partner in Cyber Ops: PART 2

2 min read

Once an organization has deployed technology infrastructure that enables visibility into the network (discussed in the first part of this blog), that organization now requires the properly trained security personnel to bring that time to detection (TTD) down to acceptable levels and to respond appropriately to a security breach. Once detected, a breach must be […]

September 12, 2016

SECURITY

Why Cisco Is an Essential Partner in Cyber Ops: PART 1

3 min read

A soccer ball without a player is useless. A violin without its musician is just a bit of wood and wire. And a beautiful new security deployment, no matter how advanced, needs skilled people to configure and operate it properly. That deployment must be operating at maximum effectiveness. It also must be tuned to the […]