How do you handle Ransomware: Layered Security

In a recent series of articles from TrendMicro, we have seen that their recommended approach to handling the "increasingly concerning threat" posed by Ransomware is to prepare your environment by educating users and taken preventive steps. They have outlined 4 basic steps in defense of these infections. The first is email and web gateway protection and then endpoint, network and server. READ MORE...

Author Keith Cortez writes "Over the course of 2016, ransomware operators trailed their sights on bigger targets--companies and organizations, both large and small--and raked in US$1 billion for their effort." From the WannaCry ransomware of weeks ago to the newer UIWIX and Monero-Mining Malware, it's proving to be a huge challenge to keep securing the network.

It is now determined that "attackers are starting to invest in long-term operations that target specific processes enterprises rely on. They scout for vulnerable practices," says TrendMicro and "identify susceptible systems and operational loopholtes that they can leverage or abuse. To learn more, read Security 101: Business Process Comprise

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