Tips for Neutralizing Ransomware Attacks

John Morehouse

You’ve just been hit by ransomware. What do you do?

Imagine showing up to work, ready to get down to business, only to find that all of the company’s data has been encrypted by an unknown party. At this point in time, you’ll most likely be cursing to yourself that you didn’t take additional precautions to prevent the situation. That or panicking, however, neither is going to fix the issue.

In this session we’ll examine where security weakness are found and how we can address them. We’ll discuss database security, networking architecture, different methods of authentication, ways to protect your backups (you are backing up right?) and maybe some horror stories.

Essentially, let’s stop making it easier for hackers.

After this session you will –
Have a better understanding of simple common steps that you can take to better protect your environment,
Learn methods that will improve the protection of the most important thing, your company’s data,
Understand the processes that you will need to put in place to be able to quickly respond if the worst happens.

You are someone –
Looking to understand how you can better prepare,
Not sure where to start with prevention,
Wanting to see where you might have security holes.

Honestly, it’s probably more of a question of when than if when ransomware will strike, so let’s make sure you are prepared for when it arrives.