2017 has been a stunning year for cyberattacks, and the ransomware threat will only grow more severe as attacks spread across international borders and organizations from sources that, even months later, are not fully understood. 2017 has illustrated attackers’ abilities to hone their tools, strategize their assaults, and extort payments from unprepared businesses.
Because these large-scale ransomware attacks have become reliably lucrative and relatively simple to carry out, they’re not only growing in scale and cost, but they’re also unearthing problems that victims didn’t even know they had.
To protect against these threats, users must focus above all on prevention.
Author: Nigel Johnson
Nigel Johnson has more than 20 years of experience in the IT security industry. Nigel serves as vice president and chief technology officer of Zix, a leader in email security, and he previously held senior leadership roles at Entrust and worked at Nortel, where he developed classified military communications security systems. With his IT security and leadership background, Nigel offers actionable guidance in a fast-evolving technology and cybersecurity landscape.