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• 31 % of organisations only detected a recent breach when they received an extortion threat from the adversary
• 31 % became aware only once proprietary information leaked onto the Dark Web . This is much lower in France and the UK ( around one in five ) but hits a concerning 42 % among Australian respondents
• 25 % of respondents failed to determine the root of the breach , increasing to one-third of Australian , Singaporean and US respondents
• Lateral visibility is lowest in the UK ( 30 %), while almost half report visibility in Australia and Singapore
• Encryption poses another serious blind spot : despite researchers suggesting that 93 % of malware attacks hide in encrypted traffic , a shocking 76 % of Gigamon respondents currently trust that encrypted traffic is secure
Deep observability is viewed as central to modern IT success
Critical visibility gaps
Complex hybrid cloud infrastructure contributes to organisations ’ lack of control . Despite 85 % describing cloud security as a boardroom priority , hybrid cloud visibility continues to be an issue .
• Three-quarters of respondents agree that East-West ( lateral ) visibility is more important to cloud security than North-South , yet just 40 % have visibility into East-West traffic , down from 48 % in 2023
When breaches are missed , tool strategies are firmly in the spotlight . More than 80 % agree that achieving unified visibility into hybrid cloud infrastructure – delivering network-derived intelligence to log-based security tooling – is key to preventing attacks . Six in 10 believe that greater visibility into all data in motion will empower them to securely deploy AI technology . As a result , 80 % agree that deep observability is a board-level priority . While Germany shows the lowest board-level awareness at 72 %, 89 % of boards in the US are discussing the topic .
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