Cyber security and violations never seem to leave the headlines, as well as the fiscal and personal impact of an assault hasn’t been more clear — from the Ashley Madison hack to Match.com, the iPhone violation and Carphone Warehouse, also.

As businesses struggle to secure networks — whether they’re old IP or New IP networks — cyber security specialists like Bryan Sartin, director of the Hazard Team at Verizon, says there’s strength in numbers and supporters for risk intelligence sharing as ways to help businesses keep their names out of the headlines. Building security into services and products from the get go is also key as is practicing cyber war games to be ready for what to do before, during and following a violation, he says.

Since the very first computer worm virus strike over 25 years past, malicious software has changed about 33% of the planet ‘s computers — from viruses to spyware to trojans to adware and much more. Malicious software has changed China the most; Norway, UK, Switzerland and Sweden the least; and grandma and your senior parents likely fall somewhere in between.