Data is increasingly becoming the Teflon shield to repel cyberattacks in the enterprise world.The flow of data through networks tells a story about where vulnerabilities may exist or whether bad actors could be lurking. Threat intelligence based on attack data offers a picture of what a compromise could look like within an organization and the steps necessary to recover from it.CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.’s Fal.Con event in Las Vegas provided an opportunity for security practitioners to learn how, through advances in artificial intelligence and an ecosystem of partners, enterprises can defend against increasing threats and shrinking breakout times to network intrusion

The rapid decrease in “breakout time,” the period it takes for hackers to infiltrate and exit a system, highlights a pressing concern in cybersecurity today.Advancements in artificial intelligence are currently favoring adversaries, but data security companies — such as CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. — are developing strategies to help organizations prioritize threats and vulnerabilities.Breakout time has always been a yardstick for measuring the effectiveness of cybersecurity defenses.“Last year, they said the average breakout time was an hour and 58 minutes,” said industry analyst Dave Vellante (pictured, left). “The last snapshot they took was 79 minutes