09/02/2022
RANSOMWARE MITIGATION: AWARENESS
Effective Mitigation begins with a sound Cyber Security awareness program. Ownership and management must provide the BUDGET, TOOLS and TRAINING to ensure employees, contractors and 3rd party associates embrace security.
Common techniques used to spread ransomware:
Social engineering - email from IT to “update your password”
Spoofed emails - email appears to be from an internal manager
Phishing emails - email containing malicious links and attachments
Spear Phishing - fraudulent email targeting corporate executives
Links - links leading to sites that infect using drive by downloads
Attachments - file attachments containing malware
Employee Awareness and Email Security strengthen your security posture:
Mail Security Software
Mail security training
Email usage policy
Block Attachments
Mark external messages
These solutions are not comprehensive but provide a starting point. What do you use for email security? Tell us in the comments!!
If you have any questions about Ransomware Strategies give us a call at: 778.330.1146.
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