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“Do You Ever Want To See Your Data Again?” 0

El Reg reports that ransomeware has surpassed botnets as the primary threat to computing in the enterprise for the simple fact that persons pay the ransom.

Paying up is always a surefire way to mitigate threats, now, is it not?

Healthcare is the most affected sector when it comes to cyber-attacks more generally, according to other findings from the 2015 edition of Trend Micro’s Annual Security Roundup Report. Throughout 2015, almost 30 per cent of all data breaches happened in the healthcare sector, followed by education and government sectors (17 per cent and 16 per cent, respectively).

No surprise there. Network and device security tends to be an afterthought in the enterprise, and healthcare is one of the worst, if not the worst offender.

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