The Security Industry's Dirty Little Secret

One of the dirty little secret weapons hackers use to bypass security systems and penetrate even the most locked-down networks are advanced evasion techniques (AETs). To assess what IT security professionals understood about AETs, and is being done to stop them, McAfee commissioned a survey 800 CIOs and security managers, finding that more than one in five admits their network was breached (22%)-- and nearly 40% of those breached believe that AETs played a key role. Understanding advanced persistent threats (APTs) and the difference between APTs and AETs will help mitigate the risk to the network and the company.