Increased Ransomware Attacks Are Affecting All Industries

Steps to Protect Against This Threat While cyber liability insurance provides financial assistance and help connecting to law firms and forensic firms to guide organizations through the response, the following are steps organizations can take now to avoid becoming a victim and be better prepared to...

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Veröffentlicht in:Computer and Internet Lawyer 2020-03, Vol.37 (3), p.17-18
Hauptverfasser: Hoffman, Craig A, Kitchen, David E, Kobus, Theodore J, Valach, Anthony
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Steps to Protect Against This Threat While cyber liability insurance provides financial assistance and help connecting to law firms and forensic firms to guide organizations through the response, the following are steps organizations can take now to avoid becoming a victim and be better prepared to respond effectively to ransomware attacks. * Avoid being phished: MFA creates an additional layer of authentication by requiring the employee to input a unique code before access is granted. * Secure remote access to company systems: Many types of ransomware attempt to move laterally within systems using standard Windows Operating System protocols, including Server Message Block ("SMB"), to communicate between endpoints within a system.
ISSN:1531-4944