How TTP-based Defenses Outperform Traditional IoC Hunting

Behavioral detection allows defenders to recognize activity patterns like privilege escalation, credential theft, and lateral movement—often ahead of encryption or data exfiltration.

Ransomware is no longer solely an IT dilemma; it is a critical business-resilience issue that inflicts financial, operational, and reputational damage. IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Breach Report places the average cost of a ransomware incident at roughly $5.08 million, and although a majority (63%) of victims refuse to pay ransoms, recovery costs and downtime remain crippling.

IBM’s numbers (PDF) also suggest that 16% of breaches involve AI-assisted social engineering tactics. At the same time, the cybersecurity landscape is flooded with over 20,000 new CVEs each year, making signature and IoC chasing impractical. These statistics show that organizations need to rethink how they approach prevention, containment, and recovery. Security measures should also support business goals instead of just meeting technical requirements.

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