The 29-Minute Breach: Why Your Business No Longer Has Time to React
Hackers can now take full control of a company's network in just 29 minutes after initial entry—down from over two hours just two years ago. That's barely enough time for your IT team to finish a coffee break, let alone detect and respond to an intrusion. This dramatic acceleration means the traditional playbook of 'detect and respond' is effectively dead for organizations without real-time security monitoring.
Bottom Line
The era of slow-moving cyber threats is over. Attackers now operate on timescales that make traditional security measures obsolete. Businesses that rely on periodic scans, delayed alerts, or part-time security attention are effectively operating without protection. The gap between detection capabilities and attack speed has become a chasm, and closing it requires either significant investment in continuous monitoring tools or acceptance of substantially higher risk. For most organizations, the question is no longer 'if' they'll be breached, but whether they'll know about it while they still have time to stop it.