Firewalls under fire: Redoubts or beachheads?
We know what you’re thinking. Should the word “beachhead” be “breachhead”?
Some businesses never recover from a ransomware attack and are forced to close down.
Many organizations have been hit more than once, showing us that just throwing cybersecurity technology at the problem isn’t even an effective temporary treatment, let alone a solution.
Amazingly, ransomware isn’t a recent threat: the first known malware attack that deliberately encrypted your data and demanded money for a recovery program happened all the way back in 1989, and cybercriminals have followed a similar but evolving playbook ever since.
As the famous saying goes, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” so don’t be that person!
Watch now for a fascinating, human-centric view of this dangerous and destructive cybercrime:
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We know what you’re thinking. Should the word “beachhead” be “breachhead”?
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