Tag: ransomware

Making your network safe from the traditional north to south perspective is no longer enough. In a digital world, micro-segmentation that secures it from east to west is also vital. In the modern era of cybercrime, ransomware and digital threat vectors, your infrastructure security is more essential than ever.

Digitalisation is impacting nearly every single aspect of our lives. There is not only a rapid adoption of machine learning and artificial intelligence tools, but everyone is becoming more dependent on software, hardware and cloud infrastructure.

Everyone has become familiar with the term ransomware, with attacks increasing in frequency and making the headlines far too often. Most ransomware takes control of a machine or mobile device and demands payment in cryptocurrency to release an encryption key to unlock the system. Ransomware attacks are indiscriminate in who they target, affecting businesses and individuals alike. As long as the ransom is paid, the cyber criminals don’t care who is affected.

Ransomware - a type of malware that infiltrates and infects a user or company’s system and encrypts their data, holding the organisation to ransom until a large sum of money is paid in return for a decryption key to unlock it - is more pervasive than ever.

The news of a ransomware attack that began in Europe has made headlines across the globe. The WannaCry software locked thousands of computers in more than 150 countries. Users were confronted with a screen demanding a $300 payment to restore their files.

Sophos has released the findings of a regional study carried out in South Africa and the Middle East, indicating that the majority of organisations in Middle East & Africa (MEA) are recognising the benefits of integrated security especially the concept of linking network firewall and endpoint security for better insights.

Simeon Tassev | MD and QSA, Galix Networking | https://www.galix.com/ | simeon@galix.com |  2016 was undoubtedly a challenging year for information security with huge data leaks, ransomware, and Internet-of-Things...

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