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Ransomware and Cyber Extortion: Response and Prevention
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Ransomware and Cyber Extortion: Response and Prevention

by Sherri Davidoff, Matt Durrin, Karen Sprenger
November 2022
Intermediate to advanced
352 pages
9h 40m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 10

Prevention

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Learning Objectives

  • Identify the keys to building an effective cybersecurity program

  • Describe key security technologies that can prevent initial entry

  • Learn techniques and strategies for catching cyberattackers early, before an incident metastasizes into cyber extortion

  • Know how to reduce attackers’ leverage by increasing your operational resilience and decreasing the risk of data theft

  • Understand that cyber extortion is a systemic challenge that requires a coordinated, global response

Extortion is the end of a journey; the last phase of a cyberattack. The adversaries’ ...

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ISBN: 9780137450268