Dr. Jim Webber, Chief Scientist, Neo4j

1. Graphs for
Cybersecurity

2. ‘HACKED’
Threats and
Trends
Power of Connected
Data
Dr. Jim Webber, Chief Scientist

3. 300% Increase
In Cybercrime reported by FBI since the
pandemic began- “IMC Group”
630% Rise
In cloud-based cyber attacks between
Jan-Apr, 2020- “Fintech News”
420% Rise
Is the %age of supply chain attacks
grew in last 12 months
- “Sonatype”
238% Rise
In crime on banks in 2020. 27% of COVID-19
cyberattacks targeted banks or healthcare
organizations - “Fintech News”
Cybersecurity in the Time of Pandemic

4. 95% 88%
68% 86%
Organizations Worldwide
experienced Spear Phishing
Attempts in 2019 -”Proofpoint”
Breaches were Financially
Motivated and 10% motivated
by espionage -”Verizon”
Cybersecurity Breaches are
Caused by Human Error
“Cybint”
Business Leaders Feel their
Cybersecurity Risks are
Increasing - “Accenture”
State of Cybersecurity Readiness

5. The Economics of Cybersecurity
$10.5
Trillion
$170.4
Billion
$3.86
Million
$403
Billion
The worldwide information
security market is forecast to
reach by 2022- “Gartner”
Cybersecurity market
forecasted to be worth by
2027- “CE Pro”
Cybercrime will cost the world
annually by 2025-
“Cybersecurityventures”
Average cost of a data breach
as of 2020- “IBM”

6. HACKING
STATS
The average time to identify a
breach in 2020 - “IBM”
207 Days
US nationals don’t know what
steps to take; in the event of a
data breach - “Varonis”
56%
Breaches in 2020 involved
personal data - “Verizon”
58%
US nationals have never
checked if they were affected
by a data breach - “Varonis”
64%

7. THREATS
&
TRENDS
Malwares increased in 2020 -
“Help Net Security”
358%
The total number of DDoS
attacks worldwide by 2023 -
“Cisco”
15.4 Million
The average Ransomware
payment rose in 2020 - “Fintech
News”
33%
Reported security attacks are
related to Phishing
- “CSO Online”
80%

8. Top 10 Trends in Data and Analytics, 11 May
2020, Rita Sallam et al.
“Defenders think in lists, Attackers think in
graphs, as long as this is true attackers win”
- John Lambert, Distinguished Engineer, Vice President, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center

9. Protect
Systems, services, and crown jewels
Detect
Anomalies in real-time
Recover
Quickly in the event of incidents
Respond
Rapidly with confidence to minimize impact
So, Why Do We Need Graphs to Solve
Cybersecurity Problem?
A Holistic view 🡪 Connected Data

10. Connections in Data are as
Valuable as the Data Itself
Networks of People Transaction Networks
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E.g., Risk management, Supply
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E.g., Employees, Customers,
Suppliers, Partners, Influencers
E.g., Enterprise content, Domain
specific content, eCommerce
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Connections are Core to
Modern, Intelligent Applications
Personalization
Product Recommendations
Personalized Health
Media and Advertising
Decision Analysis
Fraud Prevention
Network Analysis
Forecasting
Massive
Data Integration
Customers/Data 360
Compliance
Optimize Operations
Data Science
AI & ML
Behavior Prediction
Patient/Customer Journey
Disambiguation
Data Driven
Discovery & Innovation
Drug Discovery
Intelligence & Security
Product & Process Innovation

12. Data Analysis
7/10
20/25
7/10
Top Retail Firms
Top Financial Firms
Top Software Vendors
Anyway You Like It
Neo4j - The Graph Company
The Industry’s Largest Dedicated Investment in Graphs
12
Creator of the Property
Graph
Thousands of Customers
World-Wide
HQ in Silicon Valley, offices
include London, Munich,
Paris & Malmo
Industry Leaders use Neo4j
On-Prem
DB-as-a-Service
In the Cloud

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Graphs Lightspeed Adoption: Neo4j
~800
Enterprise
Customers
Customer Obsession
80
New Enterprise Customers
added in 2020
Recognized as a Leader in The
Forrester Wave™ for Graph Data
Platforms
First Graph ML for
Enterprise
~2000
Startups

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Graphs Lightspeed Adoption: Neo4j
Graph database is the fastest growing DBMS category, and Neo4j is
the Leader
Developers
200k+
Meetups
72k+
Graph Database
(DB-Engines)
#1
Database
(DB-Engines)
Top 20
Neo4j Downloads
2.0 Mil
Docker Pulls
144 Mil
Deployment in the Cloud
90%+

15. The Neo4j Graph Platform
15
Development
& Administration
Analytics
Tooling
BUSINESS USERS
DEVELOPERS
ADMINS
Graph
Analytics
Graph
Transactions
Data Integration
Discovery & Visualization
DATA
ANALYSTS
DATA
SCIENTISTS
Drivers & APIs
APPLICATIONS
AI
openCypher
& ISO GQL
Cloud

16. Use Case
CyGraph is used by multiple
government agencies and use cases
include detecting malicious network
activity, modeling and simulation of
cyberattacks, tracking Bitcoin
transactions and navigating through
CAPEC, a taxonomy for common attack
pattern enumeration and classification
that is laborious to traverse.
Solution
“CyGraph”- Based on the property
graph model implemented in Neo4j –
brings together isolated data and
events into an ongoing big picture for
decision support and situational
awareness.
Goal
Create a cyber warfare tool that
consolidates data into a
comprehensive picture
Challenge
Mitre Researchers had data, but lacked
relationships, making it difficult to
analyze the security environment
Neo4j - Enterprise Spotlight

18. Our Customers Are Solving
Complex And Valuable Problems
With Neo4j and Graphs
Come and Build with Us!

19. Thank
You
@jimwebber