Years ago, ransomware protection amounted to building a strong 3-2-1 backup program and validating your backups with an occasional restore. However, modern ransomware has evolved to exfiltrate your data in addition to encrypting it. Even if you have good backups, hackers know they can publish your critical data online to force you into paying the ransom. Therefore, the only viable protection today is prevention.
Prevention required training and testing your employees including yourself. Learn how to spot and avoid phishing attacks, one of the primary methods of infecting companies with ransomware. Remove local administrative rights to prevent an errant click from introducing malware to your environment. Segment your network and limit access to data stores and databases to prevent encryption and exfiltration of data that most users never need access to.
In addition to the above ransomware protection measures, follow CyberHoot’s best practice advice below. Scroll down for additional reading and an important training video.
CyberHoot believes that for many small to medium sized businesses and MSPs, you can greatly improve your defenses and chances of not becoming another victim of cyberattack if you follow the advice above.
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