What Businesses and Organizations were Ransomware Targets
in 2019?
The data protection experts at Storagepipe are sharing their insights around one of the single biggest threats to information security: ransomware. The team encountered and resolved numerous ransomware incidents in 2019. This snapshot will provide you with a retrospective on the scope of the problem and how it impacted organizations worldwide.
Among the varieties of malware being deployed today, ransomware has quickly become the top cryptovirology security concern for organizations worldwide. Once inside a computer system or network, ransomware targets, blocks or encrypts data and locks down end user access while the hackers demand a ransom payment in return for a decryption key or other means of file restoration.
As technology becomes more sophisticated, so do cyber criminals and the tactics that they employ. As a result, ransomware is becoming more prevalent and increasingly expensive for businesses to prevent, mitigate, and recover from.
Read our Ransomware 2019 Snapshot eBook to discover the modern challenges that ransomware is raising for businesses and organizations worldwide.