Firms are taking less time to detect a security breach, says Accenture

This year, 55 per cent of organisations took one week or less to detect a breach compared to 10 per cent last year

With ransomware and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on the rise, the average number of focused cyber attacks per organisation has more than doubled this year compared to the previous 12 months (232 through January 2018 versus 106 through January 2017). 

In the face of these growing cyber threats, organisations are demonstrating far more success in detecting and blocking them, according to a study from Accenture. Yet, despite making significant progress, only two out of five organisations are currently investing in breakthrough technologies like machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, indicating there is even more ground to be gained