How to Protect Yourself from Ransomware!

Is your business protected from ransomware?

Should you pay the ransom to retrieve your data files?

Is your customers’ personal information at risk?

In February 2016, Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital paid $17,000 to retrieve patient data from hackers. The Verizon Data Breach Investigations report estimates that if 1,000 records are lost, businesses can expect to lose more than $67,000. As the size of the breaches increase, so does the cost of ransom. 

Hackers are clever! You need to ensure you’re using best practices when it comes to ransomware protection. 

What are the best practices?

1. Keep your browsers, and other software applications up to date!
2. Educate your team on how they can identify phishing scams, suspicious websites and emails.
3. Back up your files!
4. Install multiple layers of cyber security protection like firewalls, anti-virus with active monitoring, anti-malware, and anti-ransomware on all of your computers.

Don’t be a victim. Choose to be proactive and learn what you can do to prevent this from happening to your business and personal files.

Have you been infected with ransomware? Contact us for technical support in Ann Arbor and the surrounding areas of Brighton, Novi and Livingston, Oakland, and Washtenaw counties. At Network Services Group, we can help you get back on track. Need to restore a back-up? Need help running a scan on an infected machine? We’re your guys to get the job done right the first time!

Imagine if you hire technical support, but they only do half the job. You’ll still be infected with a terrible ransom virus. Get the job done right today by calling for technical support at our Ann Arbor office.