How Do I Protect Against Ransomware?

Ransomware, work from home, and SaaS – eek! We reveal the 3 scariest cybersecurity threats and share best practices for prevention.

Semperis' CEO contrasts fast vs. slow ransomware recoveries: resilient firms automate and test recovery. Advises offline/offsite backups and rehearsed plans, citing MGM and Henry Schein.

Healthcare organizations face rising ransomware risk via Active Directory: experts recommend least privilege, strong service-account passwords, and MFA, warning traditional defenses fall short.

CISA's ransomware guidance is a reminder that recovery plans must cover AD: if domain controllers fall, standard backups aren't enough and forest recovery may be needed—keeping offline, non-domain-joined backups (or cloud copies) is decisive.

Recovering a compromised AD (part 2): restore from the day-before backup via full forest recovery—hours if automated, four to five business days manually—and tackle the rootkit reinfection challenge.

Wiz examines 'malware-less' database ransomware: exposed MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB servers with weak auth are looted, wiped and ransomed via native commands — no malware to detect.