Edge Computing Raises Ransomware Risk
Agencies could pay a steep price, literally, if they do not secure the growing volume of data at the edge of the network.
Posts Tagged: ransomware
Don’t Sleep on Cybersecurity
Many people have either seen too many headlines about attacks, or they still feel embarrassed about falling for last month’s phishing email.
3 Steps for Improving Your Ransomware Response
Ransomware is evolving, but so can your security awareness and preparedness.
Surviving Ransomware in 3 Steps
Ransomware is a malicious software that is increasingly frightening to federal, state and local agencies – and the citizens they serve – nationwide.
How State, Local Agencies Can Deal with Surge in Cyberthreats
Among other strategies, cyber experts say agencies need to double-down on cyber training, since end-users continue to be the weakest link in cyber defenses.
Ransomware’s Deadly Turn for the Worse (and What You Can Do About It)
Like lethal strikes carried out by the Serengetti’s deadly predators, ransomware attacks often unfold quickly, stealthily and with great harm to victims. That’s because beasts of prey, whether equipped with claw and fang or malicious malware, exploit a pack’s weakest links. They prey on the careless and the naive, the ones who stray from theRead… Read more »
How to Strengthen Ransomware Defenses and Build Cyber Resilience
A cybersecurity expert highlighted three methods that are key to ransomware protection: exploit blocking, machine learning and indicators of attack.
Ransomware Readiness with Data Backup and Recovery
Using ransomware, cybercriminals can force any agency to do their bidding. And cybercriminals often target state and local agencies because of their smaller budgets and workforces.
Georgia CISO Talks Ransomware Readiness, Disaster Prep
As Georgia’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), David Allen has seen many ransomware attacks. In some cases, agencies have bounced back in days. In others, they’ve been reduced to using pen and paper.
Exploring New Mexico’s Ransomware Defenses
Many of New Mexico’s ransomware defenses are built from the ground up. With 33 counties spread across the fifth-largest state in the country, local governments are major players in the state’s collective cybersecurity.