Winning Against Ransomware

Answer 1

Before we begin discussing how we can win against ransomware, let us first address the belief that small organisations, or organisations that do not operate in large cities, will not suffer ransomware attacks because they are low value targets. This is not true.

Ransomware does not depend on your data having value to threat actors. It only depends on your data having value to you i.e., how well can your healthcare facility operate if you cannot access all or a majority of your data? Many enterprises will have to admit that they will not be able to operate at all, or will be able to operate with severely diminished capability. Additionally, your organisation may not be the intended victim of the attack but the attack can still spread to your organisation from another victim because we are all digitally interconnected in today’s world.

Quick summary: Your facility will be attacked if you are in healthcare, and the attack will most probably be ransomware.

With that out of the way, let us look at what your healthcare facility can do to defeat ransomware.