Even with a patch, it sometimes takes organizations weeks to mitigate their risk.

“Though it is possible some of this information was removed from Dell’s network, our investigations found no conclusive evidence that any was extracted,” Dell said.

A new report focuses on OopsIE, a trojan first tracked earlier this year, being used in spearphishing attacks against a highly targeted a Middle Eastern government agency.

Brett Hansen, Dell's VP of Data Security Solutions, talks about the need for organizations to make cybersecurity part of their business strategy.

Gerry Connolly said he hopes for a national standard to evolve among the private sector, but massive breaches like that at credit monitoring firm Equifax may force Congress’s hand.

Manufacturers of the millions of business PCs, laptops and servers using Intel chips with a newly discovered vulnerability are scrambling to roll out patches.