Ransomware: Understand. Prevent. Recover.

Ransomware. The very name strikes fear in the heart of organizations. This type of malware attack isn’t new, but it’s more popular than ever before.

The scourge of ransomware is now in the news on a weekly basis, as companies all over the world—big and small, public and private—wonder if it will be their company in the headlines next. It’s a legitimate, and growing fear, as the attackers get more sophisticated and automated attacks become more common.

The good news is that you can fight back. Things like cloud-based backup and disaster recovery, better detection methods, and new ways to help employees recognize threats are making organizations safer every day.

Another way to make yourself more ransomware resistant is through this book, which covers everything you need to know about how ransomware works, how to prepare for it, and how to defeat it when it comes for you.

Some of the topics you’ll read about in these pages include:

• Why Ransomware’s Exploded in Recent Years
• How To Stop a Ransomware Attack in its Tracks
• The Top Vulnerabilities Targeted by Ransomware
• Surviving a Ransomware Attack with Minimal Damage
• Should You Pay the Ransom?

With more than 20 years of experience in ransomware and information security, author Allan Liska has improved countless organizations’ security posture using more effective intelligence. Liska provides ransomware-related counsel and key recommendations to major global corporations and government agencies, sitting on national ransomware task forces and speaking at global conferences.

Liska has worked as both a security practitioner and an ethical hacker at Symantec, iSIGHT Partners, FireEye, and Recorded Future. Regularly cited in The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The New York Times, and NBC News, he is a leading voice in ransomware and intelligence security.

Liska has authored numerous books, including “The Practice of Network Security, Building an Intelligence-Led Security Program,” “Securing NTP: A Quickstart Guide,” “Ransomware: Defending Against Digital Extortion,” and “DNS Security: Defending the Domain Name System.”