© Marvin Waschke 2017
Marvin WaschkePersonal Cybersecurity10.1007/978-1-4842-2430-4_10

10. Disaster Recovery

When, Not If, You Become a Victim
Marvin Waschke
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Bellingham, Washington, USA
 
Your antimalware (antivirus) appliance is up and running. It’s updated with the latest information and automated updates keep it that way. Your operating system is fully patched and set for automatic update, as is your web browser, and all your applications. You’ve eliminated programs and apps that you don’t use and you are cautious when installing new ones. All the miscellaneous devices connected to your network have strong, non-default passwords. Your passwords are long, strong, and well-managed with no duplicates. You run backups regularly, store them remotely, ...

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