The New Battlefield: Fighting and Defeating APT Attackers in the Enterprise

Signatures, blacklists, and other security solutions that require prior knowledge of a threat are proving ineffective against adaptive attackers. Traditional network and endpoint security has largely failed to prevent costly information theft. This highlights a gap in security that is being taken advantage of by advanced attackers.

Attackers are using whatever tools they have to their advantage. This includes the ability to create malware with toolkits that have the ability to evade detection at the perimeter. This paper details the phases of a targeted attack and how enterprises can counter the attacker.