Cybersecurity is not only a struggle between technologies and humans, but is a struggle between attackers and defenders. Cyber attacks are best understood not as an end in theirselves, but as a potentially powerful means to a wide variety of political, military, and economic goals.
There have been a number of high-profile incidents in recent months, and FireEye Mandiant has again been on the front lines, taking a lead in helping organizations respond to today’s cyber security challenges. These incidents like Pulse Secure, Kaseya, and SonicWall breaches; recent UNC2452 and REvil activity; and threats to hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry impacted some of the biggest organizations in technology, financial services, defence and government, leading executives to question whether their environment fell victim.
