Dolce Vita IT Solutions LLC provides small and mid-sized businesses with a proactive, professional, and cost-effective outsourced IT department. This is why business owners come to us for help, and their success is what we deliver.
Ransomware in Oklahoma
Successfully avoiding ransomware requires a layered and professional approach to security…something which is rare in small and mid-sized businesses. The following aspects are key:
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Email – Statistics show that well over 50% of ransomware attacks are initiate via email – having tight anti-SPAM email security policies in accordance with best practices is key
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User training – no-one is born knowing how to recognize probable phishing (fake) emails – subscribe to security training for your users, and ensure that they complete it
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Antivirus – professionally configured and maintained antivirus and pre-execution software should be in play on all endpoints
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Remote access – remote access must be TIGHTLY controlled…if either RDP or VPN are used then you should control the security of the remote endpoints.
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Operating system and software updates – If your business still runs Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 (no longer supported by Microsoft) this is a serious potential risk.
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Credentials and mutlifactor authentication – strong, complex credentials which are periodically changed and which are not shared are key to security. And any important
