CYBERSECURITY FIELD GUIDE #5.0

Ransomware:
Yesterday, Today,
Tomorrow

This guide examines the ever-growing problem of ransomware and offers expert guidance to safeguard your organization.

The Topics and Summaries

A Brief History of Ransomware

Ransomware may only be about 30 years old but extortion, kidnapping and hostage-taking date back centuries. It pays to look back at the history of ransom-related crimes and compare their similarities to today’s attacks. Learn about:

The first recorded case of ransoming involving Julius Caesar
The first known ransomware attack in 1989
The evolution of ransomware and ransomware as-a-service

Ransomware Today

Preparing against possible ransomware attacks can be summarized in two strategies: prevention and resilience. We provide a more in-depth look at how to deploy these methods, including:

Technologies focused on endpoint detection and response and exploit prevention
Network prevention solutions to deny initial access to intruders

Beyond Ransomware

As ransomware attacks evolve, so too must the technology to thwart attackers. Learn more about the ransomware of tomorrow, including:

Why this $6 trillion criminal industry continues to grow
What to expect from ransomware 2.0 over the next one to two years
Who attackers will target next

Take a Look Inside

Over 350,000 new malicious malware programs are produced every day. While you should be aware of these threats, you don’t have to live in fear of them. This field guide provides practical recommendations to limit your exposure to the tools, tactics and procedures attackers use to extort businesses. Take a look at some examples.

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September 16, 2021

Experts predict a business will be attacked by ransomware every 11 seconds in 2021. Your top priority is to protect your critical data from these attacks, but where do you start? This guide examines the ever-growing problem of ransomware and offers expert guidance to safeguard your organization, including:

A brief history of ransomware and whom it targets
Strategies to prevent and respond to ransomware attacks
Best practices and emerging technologies to combat ransomware

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Optiv Field Guide Library

Designed with you in mind – with easily searchable content – these field guides are a “go-to” reference for all your cybersecurity strategies and tactics. Each one is topic-specific and based on years of “been-there-done-that” research. Like what? From change management to getting ahead of ransomware to surviving an attack, implementing SASE or Zero Trust, it’s all here – with more to come.