Management Of Information Security
Management Of Information Security
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ISBN: 9781337405713
Author: WHITMAN, Michael.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Ransomware:

  • Ransomware is a type of malicious software that hacks a user’s information and threatens to make the secret information public or publish the information or block the access to the information until and unless a ransom is paid.

Protection against ransomware:

  • The steps that an organization can take to protect against the ransomware may vary but the following are recommended an implemented more often...

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