Real-Time Security Performance Metrics for Enhanced Cybersecurity
Continuous Validation: Closing Gaps in Security Defense
The conventional wisdom that investing in numerous security products guarantees robust protection is being challenged by experts in the field.
Tim Nan, CEO of digiDations, asserts that this notion is a persistent misconception among security leaders. Instead, defenders must recognize that adversaries do not operate based on averages; they only require one successful path to breach an organization’s defenses.
According to the CrowdStrike 2026 Global Threat Report, the median time for adversaries to spread laterally after initially breaching a system decreased from 98 minutes in 2021 to 29 minutes in 2025.
Defensive strategies can perform well in most scenarios yet leave vulnerabilities under specific circumstances that can be chained together to launch a successful attack. These weaknesses persist even in mature security environments.
As a result, t
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