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How One Company Survived a Ransomware Attack Without Paying the Ransom

eSecurity Planet

As we didn’t have a comprehensive cybersecurity plan in place, the attack brought the entire business to its knees.”. Cyber Insurer Provides Help. As Spectra Logic had the foresight to take out cyber insurance , Chubb representatives were professional and helpful, according to Mendoza. Most had been infected.

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Local government cybersecurity: 5 best practices

Malwarebytes

The first is that they handle troves of sensitive data, especially personally identifiable information (PII) , and the second is that they operate on shoestring budgets with little to no cybersecurity staff or leadership buy-in. We’ll break down five best practices for local government cybersecurity in this post.

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How to Decrypt Ransomware Files – And What to Do When That Fails

eSecurity Planet

The best defense and the best option for recovery will always be the availability of sufficient, isolated data backups and a practiced restoration process. However, even with the best planning, organizations can find a few users, machines, or systems that were overlooked or whose backup may be corrupted or encrypted.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

With vulnerabilities rooted in unsuspecting users, the task of preventing these attacks means both staff training and a robust email and network security system that includes a strong backup program so you have a recent copy of your data that you can roll back to. Offline Backups. Screenshot example. Recent attacks.

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What is Ransomware? Everything You Should Know

eSecurity Planet

Ransomware is the most feared cybersecurity threat and with good reason: Its ability to cripple organizations by locking their data is a threat like no other. Even small and midsize businesses (SMBs) have become targets because of their lack of cybersecurity measures.

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New Warning from the White House Calls for Urgent Action

Cisco Security

To help you as you shore up your cyber defenses, Bruce Brody originally posted this blog – “Left of Boom” Cybersecurity: Proactive Cybersecurity in a Time of Increasing Threats and Attacks on October 18, 2021. Left of Boom refers to actions you can take to protect your organization before a cyber incident.