7 best practices for negotiating ransomware payments

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IDG's Top Enterprise Stories Our top picks from IDG's editors Oct 18, 2018 7 best practices for negotiating ransomware payments Sometimes companies are forced to meet cyber criminals' ransom or extortion demands. This advice will give you your best chance to get your data back and preserve your reputation. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Microsoft Patch Alert: October's been a nightmare • 5 types of outsourcing providers—and how to get the most from them • RegEx tutorial: Matching sets of characters • What is a private cloud? (And some things that it's not) • 35 million voter records from 19 states for sale on hacking forum • Ransomware attack hits North Carolina water utility following hurricane • Apple Watch Series 4: A review White Paper: Hitachi ID Systems, Inc. Securing Privileged Access with Hitachi ID Privileged Access Manager (PAM) Privileged accounts, like their name suggests, are accounts designed to provide broad access to systems and data. They are an integral part of every IT infrastructure and play a key role in a large variety of day-to-day operations. Read More ▶ Microsoft Patch Alert: October's been a nightmare Deleted user files, looping blue screens, bad drivers, Edge mute, and at least one patch that didn't: This month shows, more than ever, that you need to protect your machine from Microsoft's bad patches. And for heaven's sake, don't click "Check for updates." Read More ▶ 5 types of outsourcing providers—and how to get the most from them From service integrators to transformers, CIOs are finding that they must tap an array of IT services providers to meet their needs. Read More ▶ RegEx tutorial: Matching sets of characters Learn how to use regular expressions to work with sets of characters to find what you specifically want—or don't want Read More ▶ What is a private cloud? (And some things that it's not) Here's a clear definition of private cloud that should help lift some of misconceptions about what private cloud is and is not, and reaffirm that private cloud is definitely not dead. Read More ▶ 35 million voter records from 19 states for sale on hacking forum Researchers found more than 35 million U.S. voter records for sale on a hacking forum. The records are from 2018 voter registrations in 19 states, including Wisconsin, Texas and Georgia. Read More ▶ Ransomware attack hits North Carolina water utility following hurricane A North Carolina water utility still recovering from Hurricane Florence became the victim of a ransomware attack. Read More ▶ Apple Watch Series 4: A review You'll like the Apple Watch Series 4 a lot, so long as you understand that the watch was designed to be something you don't pay much attention to. Read More ▶ White Paper: Bronze Drum Consulting How Powerful New Technologies are Powering a Real-Time Revolution in Capital Markets Discover how machine learning, informed by rich, streaming data, is helping business leaders transform financial services is this white paper from Bronze Drum Consulting. By leveraging cloud services, financial service firms now have the power to put real-time streaming data to work. Read More ▶

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