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STRATEGIES TO PREVENT RANSOMWARE
As a Chief Information Security Officer, IT manager or Board Member, you probably wonder how to prevent a ransomware attack. Because in today's evolving digital landscape, businesses are increasingly exposed to cyber threats, like ransomware. Especially since "Ransomware As A Service" is a popular business model for cyber criminals.
A ransomware attack can lead to substantial data loss, business downtime, and potential reputational damage. That's why it is important to proactively implement robust preventive measures to mitigate the risk of these attacks. What strategies can you implement to raise your cyber resilience against ransomware?
The hard truth is that you can not always prevent an attack. However, what you can do is minimize the risk. You do this by mitigating weaknesses in your organization and systems. And by being prepared for a cyber incident, so that you can recover as quickly as possible.
Steps to raise your resilience against ransomware
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1. Educate Your Employees
The human factor is often the weakest link in cyber defense. Ransomware often infiltrates your systems via phishing emails or malicious websites that unsuspecting users interact with. Regular cybersecurity awareness training can help your team recognize and avoid potential threats. Let Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity help you.
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2. Make your attack surface as small as possible
To support this step, Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity offers the External Attack Surface Assessment. You'd be surprised what we find. From stolen credentials on the dark web, to open AWS bucket or hard-coded passwords on Github, and more. Let Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity help you.
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3. Be ready to respond to any cyber incident in the best way possible.
To support this, Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity offers Incident Response PRO, a comprehensive incident response service. First, we assess your Incident Response and Forensic Readiness, and we host a Tabletop Cyber Crisis Management Workshop for your team. Should you suffer an attack, we can help you with our 24/7 Incident Response service.
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4. Perform a Ransomware Resilience Assessment (RRA)
Every organization is different. Together, we will assess the Ransomware Resilience of your organization and look at the opportunities for improvement to raise your cyber resilience.
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5. Have an expert as your cybersecurity partner
CyberCare gives you a trusted cybersecurity partner, to keep up with the rapid developments in cybersecurity.
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Ransomware Resilience Assessment
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Why choose Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity
Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity is your expert partner in cybersecurity. We help organizations identify risks, strengthen defenses and comply with cybersecurity standards and regulations. Our services cover people, processes and technology, ranging from awareness training and social engineering to security advice, compliance and penetration testing.
We operate across IT, OT and IoT environments, supporting both digital systems and connected products. With over 300 cybersecurity professionals worldwide, we combine deep technical expertise with a global presence. Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity is part of the Bureau Veritas Group, a global leader in testing, inspection and certification.