What would you do if out of the blue, the company you founded and laboriously grew over the years is confronted with ransomware?

What would you do if, out of the blue, the company you founded and laboriously grew over the years is confronted with ransomware?  Your documents and files containing sensitive information are being held to ransom.  Would you report it to the authorities?  Would you pay the ransom?  If you don’t already know the answer, haven’t thought this through in advance, then you’re unprepared.  You’re not going to have the time to make clear, considered and informed decisions.

Nice to see the longstanding and respected NASDAQ listed Rapid7 now has an office in Melbourne.  This IT Wire “article” is naturally intended to promote themselves but worth a read, as it discusses this point, and gives some insight into threats facing Australian businesses.

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Article: Rapid7’s Chief Scientist Warns Australian Businesses to Prioritise their Ransomware Policies

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