email is today's #1 advanced threat vector infographic

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An average user creates 2TB per year That’s a whole lot of data to defend And these humans are creating a ton of data 91% of targeted attacks start with email How effective are today’s security tools? Less than 1% of widespread advanced attacks are caught by traditional security solutions like antivirus FALSE Attackers continually modify file formats to evade detection Attackers only use .doc files, right? CHM PDF XLS PPT MIME So, this makes humans the weakest link in the security chain 23% of people will always click Learn more at proofpoint.com Email is today’s #1 advanced threat vector and more than 95% of email attachment-based attacks are missed by gateway antivirus solutions. Proofpoint delivers an innovative approach to protect how people work by stopping these advanced threats before they are clicked. Inboxes The Greatest Threat to An Organization is Sitting in Its Employee BUT, only 26% of respondents indicated that targeted attacks were among the top three IT security spending priorities in their organization. Go figure? 57% of security professionals list targeted attacks as their #1 concern Are We Concerned? { {

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Page 1: Email is Today's #1 Advanced Threat Vector Infographic

An average user creates

2TBper year

That’s a whole lot of data to defend

And these humans are creating a ton of data

91%of targeted attacks

start with email

How effective are today’s security tools?

Less than 1%

of widespread advanced attacks are caught by traditional security solutions like antivirus

FALSEAttackers continually modify file

formats to evade detection

Attackers only use .doc files, right?

CHM

PDF

XLS

PPT

MIM

E

So, this makes humans the weakest link in the security chain

23% of people will always click

Learn more at proofpoint.com

Email is today’s #1 advanced threat vector and more than 95% of email attachment-based attacks are missed by gateway antivirus solutions. Proofpoint delivers an innovative approach to protect how people work by stopping these advanced threats before they are clicked.

InboxesThe Greatest Threat to An Organization is Sitting in Its Employee

BUT, only 26% of respondents indicated that targeted attacks were among the top three IT security spending priorities in their organization. Go figure?

57% of security

professionals list targeted attacks

as their #1 concern

Are We Concerned?

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