🧠 Discussion post
Many major breaches weren’t flashy zero-days — they were long-dwell intrusions where an attacker lived quietly inside the network for months or even years.
For anyone managing infrastructure or doing security work:
What’s the biggest blind spot that lets attackers stay undetected for so long?
Here are a few ideas I’ve heard from practitioners:
- 🔍 Limited visibility or incomplete telemetry
- 👥 Weak identity / credential hygiene
- 🌐 Flat or poorly segmented networks
- 📜 Incomplete or tamperable logging
- 🧠 Or maybe something completely different?
I’m exploring how containment and audit automation could shorten dwell time — still in the probing phase and looking to learn from real experiences.
If you’ve seen long-dwell attacks first-hand, or built monitoring/segmentation that actually worked, I’d love to hear what made the difference.
👉 Drop a comment with your observations or favorite tools — I’ll summarize the best insights in a follow-up post.
Tags: #cybersecurity #zerotrust #linux #devops #discussion
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