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Stolen or misused credentials are the second most common way for attackers to get in, according to the latest Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). The consequences can be severe, with the average cost of a data breach reaching a record high of $10.22 million in the United States, according to the IBM Cost of Data Breach Report. A major driver behind these security incidents is that engineering teams confuse authentication and authorization quite frequently.

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud has once again earned the highest possible score in AV-TEST’s business Windows endpoint protection evaluation, achieving 18 out of 18 points in the May–June 2026 test. The latest result also extends a consistent record in AV-TEST’s business Windows evaluations. Acronis achieved the same 18/18 result in the February and April 2026 tests, making the May–June evaluation its third consecutive perfect overall score in 2026.

Enterprises missed 60% of incidents because their existing tools produced no high-confidence alerts, according to Kaspersky's 2025 compromise-assessment findings. An indicator of compromise is useful, but static matching alone won't reliably reveal an attacker who has learned how to blend into normal activity.