{"id":313,"date":"2017-08-02T11:04:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T11:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/?p=313"},"modified":"2022-02-16T16:23:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T16:23:45","slug":"dont-held-ransom-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/2017\/08\/dont-held-ransom-ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Be Held To Ransom By Ransomware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-318 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/ransome.jpg\" alt=\"ransome\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/ransome.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/ransome-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>172% RISE IN RANSOMWARE ATTACKS IN THE LAST 2 YEARS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div>&nbsp;Ransomware is malicious software that denies access to a user\u2019s data by encrypting that data with<\/div>\n<div>a key known only to the hacker who deployed the ransomware. Until a ransom is paid a user cannot<\/div>\n<div>get access to their data. Some ransomware also destroys or transfers information to another system.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-314 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/ran2.jpg\" alt=\"ran2\" width=\"600\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/ran2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/ran2-300x122.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>HOW CAN YOUR CUSTOMERS AVOID RANSOMWARE ATTACKS?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-315 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/ran3-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"ran3\" width=\"373\" height=\"198\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Anti-Virus \/ Anti-Malware<br \/>\n\u2022 Email &amp; Web gateway level filter<br \/>\n\u2022 IPS<br \/>\n\u2022 Access right control<br \/>\n(network share access)<br \/>\n\u2022 Backup + replication (and test)<br \/>\n\u2022 Offline copy of critical data<br \/>\n(and server images)<br \/>\n\u2022 Use VTL protocol if possible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-316 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/ran4-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"ran4\" width=\"374\" height=\"201\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Training (social engineering)<br \/>\n\u2022 Patch Management process<br \/>\n\u2022 Written plan<br \/>\n\u2022 User vs Admin policy<br \/>\n\u2022 Insurance<br \/>\n\u2022 Response plan<br \/>\n(contain, eradicate, recover)<br \/>\n\u2022 Bitcoin Account<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>WHERE CAN IMAGESTORE HELP?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Quantum&nbsp;have&nbsp;a range of solutions which CAN help protect you (and your customers)&nbsp;from ransomware attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Please enquire today to <a href=\"mailto:andy@imagestore.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:andy@imagestore.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener\">andy@imagestore.co.uk <\/a>or call 02380 736500.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/tape-backup-libraries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-319 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Quantum_Portfolio_Tape_Libraries-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Quantum_Portfolio_Tape_Libraries\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Quantum_Portfolio_Tape_Libraries-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Quantum_Portfolio_Tape_Libraries-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/Quantum_Portfolio_Tape_Libraries-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>172% RISE IN RANSOMWARE ATTACKS IN THE LAST 2 YEARS &nbsp;Ransomware is malicious software that denies access to a user\u2019s data by encrypting that data with a key known only to the hacker who deployed the ransomware. Until a ransom is paid a user cannot get access to their data. Some ransomware also destroys or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355,"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imagestore.co.uk\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}