Hackers Will Always Be One Step Ahead Of Defense

Kon emphasized that IT experts can only learn how to protect against a breach after it has successfully caused damage.

"Every wall has a breach, and it's only after there's been a breach that we learn how a build the wall better," he said.

While anti-virus companies have done a great job of detecting threats as quickly as possible, Kon said protection mechanisms can't be formulated until the attackers have been successful once.

"We can't prevent penetration," he said. "We can't prevent viruses just as we can't prevent disease in our biological lives."