Frontline incident-response trends from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42.
Produced by Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 threat intelligence and IR team, the report details how breaches unfold across industries and how defenders can disrupt them earlier. Its data on extortion and speed of attack is widely cited.
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The Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report analyzes hundreds of incident response cases to surface trends in ransomware, extortion, initial access, and attacker dwell time. It is a practitioner-focused view grounded in real engagements.
Palo Alto Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report is based in Santa Clara, CA, USA.
Palo Alto Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report is listed in the Research & Reports category of Cyber Resources, the curated directory of the cybersecurity marketing and growth ecosystem.
New York, USA
The Verizon DBIR analyzes thousands of confirmed breaches and security incidents contributed by law enforcement, forensic firms, and cyber insurers to map how breaches happen and who is behind them. Published annually, it is the most widely cited breach benchmark in the industry.
Armonk, USA
IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report surveys hundreds of breached organizations across more than a dozen countries to quantify average breach cost, time to identify and contain, and cost factors such as AI governance and shadow AI. Research is conducted independently by the Ponemon Institute.
Reston, USA
Mandiant's M-Trends draws on hundreds of thousands of hours of incident-response engagements to report on dwell time, initial infection vectors, and threat-actor tactics. A 17+ year staple for defenders, now published under Google Cloud.
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