eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

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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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

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. Ransomware predictions.

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Cytelligence

JANUARY 27, 2020

Effectiveness of data backup strategies. At present there are thousands of various ransomware variants in different phases of activities and in some cases, victims are hit with multiple strains at the same time. Unfortunately, the citizens of the country had to pay the ransom as the city had no cyber insurance.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 6, 2021

The eight areas are: Application Control Patch Applications Configure Microsoft Office Macro Settings User Application Hardening Restrict Administrative Privileges Patch Operating Systems Multi Factor Authentication Daily Backups Each area comes with guidance to improve maturity of the area. Watch this space — there’s more to come!

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Malwarebytes

JULY 27, 2022

How do you restore from backups , and what backups are most important to restore from first? Do you have resources that can help you , such as law enforcement agencies or a cyber insurance firm? Ransomware is a clear and present danger to organizations of all sizes–but fighting it doesn’t need to be complicated.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

Of that group, some were willing to let their districts part with sizable amount of money, even though local taxpayers would be (at the very least indirectly via cyber insurance costs) taking a hit as well. We recommend they invest in security and backups to better defend against the threat.”. It’s a balancing act.”AS.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 19, 2024

Detection and Analysis Define what constitutes a cyber incident and how it will be detected, reported, and initially contained. Provide documentation as a guide for understanding and analyzing potential cyber incidents. Containment, Eradication, Recovery Present a detailed strategy for threat containment and eradication.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

Obviously, organizations gotten smart to that and they started doing offline backups securing their backups differently, so that they would continue to have access and availability. And so, you know, either they're impacted by ransomware, or there's a threat actor that's been present in their environment for two and a half years.

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