5-Second Rule: Why Prioritizing Web Protection Shouldn't Take A Moment Longer

By Ian Trump, Security Lead, MAXfocus

Malware is more menacing than ever. While antivirus and patch management are known needs, an equally critical third component for defending your IT clients is required. As MAXfocus Security Lead Ian Trump explains, it’s time to incorporate a security, monitoring and filtering solution.

In March 2014, Internet news media outlet BuzzFeed published an article entitled “50 Shocking Facts That Happen Every Five Seconds.” The statistics, grouped into seven categories, included an array of factoids perfect for cocktail party fodder. 

Here’s a sample. Every five seconds:

• 35,000 Coca-Cola products are consumed
• 1,250 iTunes tracks are downloaded from the iTunes store
• 80 million tons of water evaporate from the Earth’s surface

The average person also blinks every five seconds, the article notes. But you may find yourself staring wide-eyed at your screen while processing this piece of information: Five malware events occur every second. It says so in Verizon’s recently released 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR).

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