ThreatConnect Research Reports Successful Threat Intelligence Programmes Saved UK Businesses an Average of £6 million in the Last Year
Summary
LONDON--( BUSINESS WIRE )--ThreatConnect, Inc.®, provider of the industrys only extensible, intelligence-driven security platform, today released findings of a survey, “Building a Threat Intelligence Programme,” which reports that cybersecurity decision makers within organisations with mature threat intelligence programs (70%) say the infrastructure has blocked threats to the business that would have otherwise cost it a significant amount of money - on average, an estimated £6 million pounds saved in the last twelve months.The study surveyed 350 cybersecurity decision makers in UK organisations, three in five (61%) of which have annual revenues over £50 million.When asked the most important factors for evaluating the success of a threat intelligence programme, organisational leaders point to protecting client information (76%), removing risks faced due to cyber crime activities (56%), preventing service interruptions for core business functions (49%) and protecting monetary assets of the business (47%).“There’s a huge amount of money at stake - not just in terms of direct theft, but also in the form of government fines for improper data handling.More than 1,600 companies and agencies worldwide use the ThreatConnect platform to integrate their security technologies, teams, and processes with relevant threat intelligence resulting in reduced detection and response time for enhanced asset protection.