Security News > 2021 > September > Ransomware attacks on the rise – How to counter them?
A second major reason is that ransomware attacks tend to attack two areas of the infrastructure that have traditionally been ignored - namely applications and data stored in files.
Finding a next-generation data protection solution that utilizes a network approach, but at the data level, companies can protect what is typically most vulnerable.
Secondly, traditional data protection consists of encrypting data.
Traditional encryption solutions only protect data at rest or in motion, but not when data is being analyzed or queried.
Lastly, in addition to a highly sophisticated data encryption solution that keeps data encrypted throughout its lifecycle regardless of its location, it is important for an organization to ensure it has a sufficient backup solution in place to conduct periodic data and system backups.
This way, even if a ransomware attack again encrypts an organization's encrypted data, its hands are not tied.
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