Do you know someone who doesn’t like your organization and would like to cause harm? Can you think of anyone who may want to exploit you for money, other than a vast population of bad actors already in the world?

Even more worrisome than Inpivx is the realization that there will be more user-friendly tools to come from sources around the globe. Some attacks are already relatively easy to launch for a non-technical person, and such technologies are in an upward trend.

Remember typewriters? To move a paragraph, you had to re-type the page. Over time, typing documents became incredibly easy even for non-technical people. Creating ransomware is on the same path to easiness.
Anti-virus, firewalls, and passwords are crucial to cybersecurity. All of them are. However, if you feel that those are enough, you might be shocked if you get hacked.

How do you protect yourself? Keep patches up to date, remove all non-essential programs from computers, grant users only bare minimum privileges they need to do their jobs, use excellent spam protection, never allow users to check webmail at your organization, to name just a few. And, of course, keep those security IT Vital Systems Reviews current.

Please forward this to your friends, so they know that ransomware programs are more accessible to create than ever, even for non-technical people, so the danger is growing too.

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1. Keep critical operating system and application patches up to date, especially Flash, Java, Reader, and your browsers. Updates fix security loopholes in programs. The fear of a patch causing a program to malfunction can be reduced with proper testing, performing a staged rollout, and having a rollback plan.

2. Utilize Application Whitelisting. Application whitelisting allows you to specify what programs are permitted to run, such as Microsoft Office, your accounting program, and anything else your team needs for business purposes. Because of not being on the ok list, the majority of malicious software is blocked from running. The reason most companies don’t use application whitelisting is that their IT Pros know it can be a daunting process to set up and make it work well. Therefore, we can set that up for your IT pros. Why should they need to learn something when it only needs to be done once? The upkeep can be simple from then on.

3. Reduce the number of users with Local Admin rights as much as possible. This removes a user’s ability to install programs on their computer. As a result, it greatly hinders the ability for attackers to install malicious software too.

Other than implementation, none of those cost any money. You already paid for the technology. Emphasize the importance of, and support your IT Pros, as they implement these 3 powerful controls in your network.

Wishing you a thankful week and thank you all for remembering cyber-security as part of your main strategy for successful business operations!

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