{"id":16341,"date":"2021-08-27T10:14:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T10:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openbusinesscouncil.org\/?p=16341"},"modified":"2021-08-27T10:20:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T10:20:34","slug":"companies-that-understand-ransomware-have-won-half-the-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballthink.com\/companies-that-understand-ransomware-have-won-half-the-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Companies That Understand Ransomware Have Won Half the Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ransomware is a bigger threat than ever. Attacks are becoming more frequent and more severe, and some companies have even gone into bankruptcy as a result of ransomware attacks.<\/p>\n
When discussing the cause of this crisis, there is a lot of finger pointing\u2014 blaming Russia, China, North Korea and Iran for their role in facilitating and supporting hackers. However, our own attitudes toward cybersecurity are as much to blame for ransomware attacks as rogue states.<\/p>\n
On a fundamental level, the fact is that many companies still don\u2019t understand the nature of the ransomware threat. They tend to think of cybersecurity like a castle wall\u2014 if you want higher security, just make a bigger, thicker wall.<\/p>\n
So companies get better antivirus software and increase their IT security budgets, but what is really needed is a new way of thinking about cybersecurity. It\u2019s not enough to just add more security features. What most companies really need is to restructure their operations to be more resilient to cyber threats.<\/p>\n
Damage Control: Understanding How Ransomware Spreads<\/h2>\n
One of the biggest problems is that companies tend to focus too much on preventing attacks from happening at all, and don\u2019t think enough about damage control once an attacker breaches the network. This is understandable\u2014 most companies would rather not get hacked at all, and so they plan accordingly. But as the saying goes, \u201chope for the best and prepare for the worst.\u201d<\/p>\n