Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report: 96 percent of data breaches were relatively easy for attackers to pull off. 97 percent of those attacks were easily avoidable, according to the report. 85 percent of victims were unaware of their compromised state for weeks- to months-long stretches. Don’t make the mistake of only monitoring servers — 99 percent of malicious action begins on a regular end-user’s workstation before it spreads to servers holding data. Microsoft probably has the best security event log ID descriptions, so it’s a good place to start.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2619761/what-to-monitor-to-stop-hacker-and-malware-attacks.html