- July 24, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Business owners need only scan the headlines to learn the financial and infrastructural dangers of a ransomware assault. Earlier this month, between 800 and 1,500 business, most of them smaller concerns like accountants’ and dentists’ offices, were hit by ransomware centered on U.S. information technology firm Kaseya.
Protecting your organization against ransomware starts with creating a cybersecurity framework, observes Pargman. To that end, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) offers businesses a quick start guide with tips and tactics for improved risk management. The framework is organized by five key functions — identify, protect, detect, respond and recover.
In practice, companies should classify critical enterprise processes and applications, continually backing up those assets on the cloud or physical disk. Saving data is not enough — businesses must also make a point to test their backups in preparation for a…
