Industry analysis finds critical attack techniques trigger alerts less than one-fifth of the time
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 25, 2026, A comprehensive analysis of recent threat intelligence data reveals that security teams are missing the vast majority of critical attack techniques, with some of the most common adversary methods triggering alerts only 10% of the time despite being logged at higher rates. Network Threat Detection, a provider of proactive threat modeling and risk analysis platforms, conducted the analysis drawing from five independent research sources released between January and March 2026.
According to Security Risk Advisors’ The Purple Perspective 2026, which examined over 160 real-world purple team exercises, pass-the-ticket attacks, a widely used lateral movement technique, are logged 42% of the time but trigger alerts only 16% of the time. HTTPS command and control traffic over port 443, designed to blend with legitimate network activity, is logged just 47% of the time and alerts on a mere 10% of occurrences.
“These findings confirm what security teams have been telling us for years: they’re drowning in data but starving for context,” said the founder of Network Threat Detection. “Collecting logs isn’t the same as detecting threats. The gap between what gets logged and what actually triggers an alert represents a fundamental design flaw in how we’ve built security operations.”
The analysis also found that traditional SIEMs detect only about 21% of MITRE ATT&CK techniques on average, according to Mitiga Security data from January 2026. This detection gap exists alongside a parallel crisis in vulnerability management. Hadrian’s 2026 Offensive Security Benchmark Report found that only 0.47% of all vulnerability scanner findings are actually exploitable in real-world environments, yet 95% of security leaders report dissatisfaction with their ability to prioritize remediation based on real-world risk.
Veracode’s 2026 State of Software Security Report, analyzing 1.6 million applications, found that 82% of organizations now carry “security debt”, vulnerabilities that remain unremediated over time, with 60% of the most severe, exploitable flaws unresolved for more than a year.
The findings come as cyber incidents rank as the number one global business risk for the fifth consecutive year, with 42% of respondents to the Allianz Risk Barometer 2026 citing it as their top concern. Check Point Research reported organizations face an average of 2,090 cyber attacks per week globally, a 17% increase year-over-year.
Network Threat Detection’s platform addresses these gaps by moving beyond simple log collection to model attack paths and prioritize risks based on actual exploitability and business impact, aligning with MITRE ATT&CK, STRIDE, and PASTA frameworks.
The analysis draws from Security Risk Advisors’ The Purple Perspective 2026 (March 2026), Hadrian’s 2026 Offensive Security Benchmark Report (February 2026), Veracode’s 2026 State of Software Security Report (February 2026), Check Point Research’s Cyber Security Report 2026 (January 2026), and the Allianz Risk Barometer 2026 (January 2026).
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