'We stopped WannaCry outbreak within two seconds,' says Darktrace's John Dyer

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Intelligent network monitoring can't do much to prevent fast-propagating security threats unless the tool can also block them, says Dyer

WannaCry was stopped in its tracks within two seconds of penetrating corporate networks and shut down by organisations running ‘autonomous response' features in Darktrace's software, according to t...

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