Cyber-Attack Breakout Times Shrink to 29 Minutes, Driving Enterprise Security Strategy Overhaul
Cybercriminals are dramatically accelerating their attack timelines, reducing the average breakout time from initial network entry to data exfiltration to just 29 minutes in 2025, according to CrowdStrike's Global Threat Report 2026. This shift from weeks-long intrusions to minute-scale attacks is forcing enterprises to fundamentally rethink their cybersecurity strategies, moving from detection-centric approaches to prevention-focused architectures that can respond in real-time.
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According to the CrowdStrike Global Threat Report 2026, the average breakout time for an intrusion during 2025, that is the window between when the attacker initially enters the network to when they leave having stolen or destroyed data, was 29 minutes.
In the past, unauthorized intruders would spend weeks or months inside a compromised network to lay the groundwork needed to steal data or plant malware.
Today, an attacker can move from initial entry into a network to accessing data and exfiltrating it in a matter of minutes.
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Hackers can get in and out of enterprise networks faster than ever. Here's why - and hat it means for your cybersecurity strategy
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