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How to Create a Ransomware Recovery Plan

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Using malicious software to gain control of networks, hackers block access to data and other vital computing resources until the victim pays a ransom. Beyond the ransom payment itself, which can be substantial, businesses suffer losses due to operational downtime, potential financial penalties, and bad publicity resulting from data breaches.

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Managing Cyberthreats to Combat Ransomware Part 3: Cybersecurity Frameworks

Zerto

National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) develops cybersecurity standards, guidelines, best practices, and other resources to meet the needs of US industries, federal agencies, and the broader public. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework 1.1 Detect —Identifies cybersecurity events quickly.

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Ransomware’s Latest Targets and How to Protect Yourself

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Attackers know that having the ability to restore data mitigates their attack and could eliminate the incentive to pay a ransom so they are specifically targeting backup workloads and processes to eliminate this defense. Are Orgs Testing Their Recovery Times Frequently Enough? .

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The Answer to Better Ransomware Protection? Safer Data

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Data has become a prime target and enabler in the highly profitable world of cybercrime. As a result, organisations are constantly fending off a range of malicious activities that are laser-focused on flipping this hot commodity into cold, hard cash or destroying it to inflict irreparable damage on the organisation. .

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Risk Assessment: 3 Key Starting Points for Effective Business Impact Analysis

Zerto

With the world becoming increasingly digital, IT departments must manage and mitigate more and more risk using both new technology and improved processes and practices. The varied risks to critical IT systems and data continue to evolve along with our political, economic, and environmental landscapes.

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How to Create a Data Breach Response Team

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Part 1: Your Emergency Data Breach Response Team. After a cybersecurity event, forensic experts gather evidence from data on computers and other digital storage devices for use in the investigation. Retrieving lost data from physical and virtual devices. Collecting and analyzing evidence of malicious network activity.

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Data Privacy Week 2024: The Definitive Roundup of Expert Quotes

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Investing in systems and processes that grant you this visibility and training will help position generative AI as an aid for productivity in the workplace, and help mitigate data privacy concerns. Ensuring data privacy is a collective effort, where every employee’s awareness and vigilance are key.”