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Five Strategies to Protect Against Ransomware and Other Cyberattacks

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Cyberattacks can target many different points in an organization’s ecosystem, including firewall configuration, patch management, network segmentation and defensive technology. The following five strategies can help companies mitigate cyberrisk and respond to threats quickly and efficiently: 1.

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The Colonial Pipeline Hack: Failure in Risk Management

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For example, a forensic finding made during an evaluation of Colonial Pipeline noted numerous known and preventable vulnerabilities, such as unpatched and outdated systems, that likely led to the security breach. High privilege accounts are sometimes poorly managed, especially those belonging to admins. Asset Management.