NeuShield Newsletter (Volume 6)April 2021by Elisha Riedlinger, COO of NeuShield Topics:
John McCormack Appointed to Board of Directors
John’s deep technology and security experience and leadership roles scaling enterprise businesses at various stages and sizes will be a valuable addition to our board of directors. Read More: Press Release >> To learn more and receive a free trial and demo of NeuShield please contact info@neushield.com TechTarget: Ransomware attack case study: Recovery can be painful
“I just couldn’t believe it,” said Macias, president and owner of ITRMS, a managed service provider in Riverside, Calif. “I’m an IT person, and I am [incredibly careful] about my security. I thought, ‘How can this be happening to me?’ I wasn’t online gambling or shopping or going to any of the places you typically find this kind of stuff. I was just going to a website to help out a client, and bingo — I got hit.” Read More: TechTarget >> To learn more and receive a free trial and demo of NeuShield please contact info@neushield.com Blog: Next Generation Ransomware Recovery The FBI says ransomware is the fastest growing cyberthreat they track, with more than 4,000 ransomware attacks every day . Their advice is simple: Take steps to prevent ransomware attacks in the first place and create a rock-solid plan to recover from attacks should they occur. The first step is relatively easy – most organizations deploy endpoint protection and train staff about phishing software. The second step — recovering from a ransomware attack — is where organizations struggle. Once ransomware bypasses the existing security measures and encrypts data it can be extremely time consuming and costly to recover, even with a backup. Thus, we see that endpoint security and backup products are very important, but they do not fully protect against ransomware. What organizations need is a solution that is simple to manage and deploy and that offers nearly instantaneous recovery. In this article we talk about endpoint security software and backup software, how they work, what their weaknesses are and how NeuShield can fill these gaps. Read More: Blog >> To learn more and receive a free trial and demo of NeuShield please contact info@neushield.com
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Today we announced the appointment of John McCormack as an investor and new member of the company board of directors. McCormack brings more than 30 years of building equity and technology experience, including his roles as former CEO of Forcepoint, interim CEO and Chairman at AppRiver and Fidelis Cybersecurity, and senior leadership roles at Symantec, Sygate and Cisco. John currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Ping Identity.
Several years ago, seasoned IT consultant David Macias visited a new client’s website and watched in horror as it started automatically downloading ransomware before his eyes. He quickly unplugged his computer from the rest of the network, but not before the malware had encrypted 3 TB of data in a matter of seconds.
