Businesses Held Hostage: Are You Ready for a Ransomware Attack? - Seguridad Mania.com - España y América Latina

No organization is immune to a ransomware attack. In recent months, nearly half of all malware Mimecast has seen directed to its 20,000 customers has been ransomware. Among those organizations most seriously affected by ransomware so far, it seems, is healthcare and for perfectly understandable reasons: safety of life itself could be at risk if healthcare systems are unable to function – a factor that strongly motivates victims to pay. How ready is your organization to face a ransomware attack? Join Scott Crawford, Research Director of information Security at 451 Research, and Matthew Gardiner, Senior Product Marketing Manager with Mimecast to explore: - The impact of ransomware: Just how serious a threat is it? - How could ransomware get into your organization? - Why is ransomware happening more now than ever before? - How can you best defend against a ransomware attack…before it locks up your critical information assets? We’ll discuss how a three-pronged strategy of prevention, operational continuity and recovery can help defeat ransomware before it take your business hostage.