Top 3 priorities for reducing ransomware attack risk heading into 2022

With the hybrid workforce growing exponentially over the past twenty-four months, organizations have seen a drastic rise in ransomware attacks. Malicious emails are up 600% since March 2020, the average cost to recover from a ransomware attack is estimated at $1.85 million, and predictions that hackers will target stay-at-home workers since personal devices are easier to hack are coming true.

Everyone knows the big ransomware events of 2021 like the colonial pipeline attack and the Kaseya ransomware attack. So for the start of this new year, we have put our experts to work, and they have analyzed the trends and events surrounding the past 24 months and have come up with some top priorities for your organization to reduce your ransomware attack risk heading into 2022. Let’s dive into it!

Protocols in place to prevent execution of any ransomware

On every critical asset, Antivirus programs need to be installed that can detect ransomware and essentially stop everything before it can even happen. Ransomware cannot happen if you can stop it from executing in the first place.

 

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