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Feb 19
42m 27s

Inside 750 Breaches with Unit 42

Palo Alto Networks and N2K Networks
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Your security budget is funding the wrong defenses. Steve Elovitz leads Unit 42's North America consulting and incident response practice, where his team helps prevent, and ultimately answers the call when organizations face their worst day. After analyzing 750+ major breaches in a single year, he's seen exactly which security investments save companies and ... Show More
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