Cybercriminals are working toward the singular goal of gaining illegal access to data. The tools cybercriminals use to achieve this goal vary, but they are all designed to exploit weaknesses. The Ponemon Institutes 2017 Cost of Data Breach Study supported this premise, noting that the time it takes to identify and contain a data breach has been reduced due to investments in such enabling security technologies as security analytics, SIEM, and threat intelligence sharing platforms.”]

