Mike Foster’s IT Security & Best Practices Blog

Attackers Scan Your Network for These Folder Names Once attackers gain access to a network, before they make themselves known, they explore your files to Locate cyber insurance policies to determine what your coverage limits are. Find financial statements to determine how much ransom you can afford to pay. Look for the most sensitive files […]

What if the attackers: Hack your organization’s network, then Hack your remote workers’ work computers, and then Use the remote workers’ work computers to encrypt all the computers in the worker’s family household? That could mean that all of your workers’ families lose all of their family’s photographs, students’ schoolwork, and everything on household computers. […]

Executives, ask your IT team: How long ago did we practice a complete system restore? You do not want your first practice to be when your team attempts to restore lost data after ransomware encrypts your most important data. When everyone is in a frenzy trying to deal with tracking down the breach is the […]