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GUEST ESSAY: The drivers behind persistent ransomware — and defense tactics to deploy

The Last Watchdog

The internet has drawn comparisons to the Wild West, making ransomware the digital incarnation of a hold-up. The technology industry has met the dramatic rise in ransomware and other cyber attacks with an impressive set of tools to help companies mitigate the risks. Ransomware usually starts with a phishing email. Prevalence.

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How to Prevent Data Breaches: Data Breach Prevention Tips

eSecurity Planet

Then they might prioritize the BOM documents after that, because while it doesn’t endanger anyone’s PII, it could be stolen by a competitor and result in financial loss. A CRM at a large financial services company might have an RTO of 15 minutes, while a storage archive for cold data may have an RTO of 12-24 hours.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

Music] Welcome to The Hacker Mind, an original podcast from ForAllSecure. Music] Welcome to The Hacker Mind, an original podcast from ForAllSecure. It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. OSes today are basically ineffective database managers, so why not build an OS that’s a database manager? And software?