Security News > 2021 > September > Ransomware attacks are inevitable. Paying the ransom isn’t

Ransomware attacks have accelerated at a feverish pace in the last year leaving small businesses, large enterprises, and government agencies scrambling to protect the lifeblood of their organizations - their data.
Well, first you need to have a plan - for how to react and recover in the event of a ransomware attack.
Join the Rubrik Data Security Summit on 14 September at 10.30 am CEST to get best practices on how to prepare your business for ransomware.
What can you do to protect your organization's valuable data and critical IT assets? What goes into a Ransomware Recovery Plan? And how can you equip your IT, SecOps and Incident Response team to quickly respond should you ever have the need? These are some of the critical questions that will be covered during the event.
In less than two and a half hours, you'll finish with a better understanding of ransomware remediation, recovery, and zero trust data management to get backup and running.
Crucially you'll have basics of a strategy to ensure that - while being targeted by ransomware is virtually inevitable, paying the ransom isn't.
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