The average cost of recovery from a ransomware attack, including downtime, device and network damage, people-hours, ransom paid and other related expenses, tallies up at $1.85 million per incident in 2021 [1]. And ransomware volumes are hitting records. In the first six months of 2021, there were 304.7 million ransomware attacks recorded, while in 2020, this number didn’t surpass 304.6 million attempts for the entire year [2]. The only silver lining is that not all these attempts were successful.
There are several preventive measures that can help avoid data encryption by ransomware. But are they really working? If so, which ones are the most effective?
Ransomware protection often raises a lot of questions for businesses and individuals. But based on your experience, what factors are absolutely essential to protect your data? If you use a tool that isn’t mentioned below, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. Let’s see what matters most!
Sources:
[1] Sophos State of Ransomware 2021 report.
[2] 2021 Mid-Year Update SonicWall Cyber Threat Report
Brand Representative for NAKIVO Inc.
Brand Representative for Sophos
Aleks (NAKIVO)
Thank you for mentioning the Sophos State of Ransomware 2021 report. We also have the Sophos 2022 Threat Report available now, which covers: "The impact of Ransomware-as-a-Service".
Application whitelisting and removing admin rights for users as been my number 1 defense.
Brand Representative for NAKIVO Inc.
Justin For Sophos
Thank you for the effort you put into your reports! It is much appreciated.
Brand Representative for NAKIVO Inc.
Application whitelisting and removing admin rights for users as been my number 1 defense.
I also think that it is a good way to go. Thank you for sharing, James!
Brand Representative for Lepide
Privilege access management and continuous visibility over what’s happening with your data to speed up the detection of a potential ransomware attack.
Brand Representative for NAKIVO Inc.
Privilege access management and continuous visibility over what’s happening with your data to speed up the detection of a potential ransomware attack.
Rupesh (Lepide)
Agreed! These are the essentials.
There is no doubt in my mind the best protection against ransomware (and all hackers and malware), in order are:
Nothing else comes close to these four defenses in preventing successful exploitation.
Brand Representative for NAKIVO Inc.
Your daily dose of tech news, in brief. Way back on this day in 1995, Spyglass went public. Not sure who they were? Spyglass was founded by students at the Illinois Supercomputing Center, which also inspired Netscape Communications Corp, and they (...
June 30th is work from home day and in this new age of working from home, many people only interact with their coworkers in virtual ways, particularly if they assumed their role mid-pandemic. In fact, bizarre as it may seem, some people have never met th...
Today is my last day at my current job. The company interviewed several candidates and picked the best one they could find. I had no input in this process. Not a big deal. The new guy started yesterday, and we walked through the 4 properties I manage, and...
Hi, I have a Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Version 1607 build 14393.5192 server as a Hyper-V guest OS running remote desktop services that a few users access from home to access local services while off site.I am currently having an issue where Edge is u...
Welcome to another new week. Here is another bundle of fun stuff to get your week off to a good start. Remember to click that Spice button! Today in History: 27th June 2017 – NotPetya Malware knocks out syst...
