Ransomware - Proven Mitigation Strategies by Closing Endpoint Loopholes - Seguridad Mania.com - España y América Latina

Ransomware attacks target endpoint security loopholes, and most often, local administrator accounts provide the vulnerability point of entry. And while strict management of local administrator rights will strengthen your endpoint security, the fact is that closing down the local admin rights security loophole will thwart off some ransomware attacks, but it won't stop all. For example, you will still be vulnerable to Cryptolocker attacks that use applications as the path to entry. However, results from CyberArk Labs tests were 100% effective in preventing file encryption with the removal of local admin rights coupled with the enforcement of application greylisting policies. In this session, we discussed this dual-pronged approach that can prevent ransomware from entering an organization.