George V. Hulme

Despite a pause in the rise of ransomware, organizations are failing to take the steps necessary to adequately defend themselves against the increase in attacks to come.

Organizations must protect their backups as if their business survivability depended on it.

Why dwell times -- defined as when an attack starts and when it is detected – have declined.

How to gain the insights necessary to change security policies as active adversaries persist.

To effectively respond, organizations must have an adaptable security posture.

Mapping the most common active adversary attack techniques with the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

Some immediate lessons for security teams to heed.

Recent attempted ransomware attacks shine a light on effective defenses.

The bad guys are taking full advantage of AI to improve the production and effectiveness of their phishing attacks. Here’s how security practitioners can fight fire with fire.

The technical controls that provide the most anti-ransomware capabilities for the dollar are not necessarily expensive or require much in the way of staff to manage, such as multi-factor authentication, regular data backups, and enforcing good access policies, such as the principle of least privilege.