When it comes to online threats, more than half of all attacks manage to persist without detection for months or even years before they are discovered. Many organizations struggle with breach detection and incident response skills, processes, and technologies. To help address attacks that have infiltrated the network, dynamic malware analysis or “sandboxing,” tools were developed to analyze suspicious malware samples in a safe environment — and tend to face a host of limitations. This white paper explores why sandboxing technology fails to meet organizational needs and what’s needed for effective malware analysis.
