NOTIFICATIONS

Mitigation and Prevention - RANSOMWARE Attack

• Performing urgent and regular online and offline secure backing up of files
• Keeping systems and applications updated
• Implementing and utilizing an anti-virus software solution
• Securing email gateways to thwart threats via emails containing malicious       attachments
• Advise all members of the organisation against opening suspicious emails and  clicking on links in unrecognised emails and attachments
•  Advising all members of the organisation to utilise two factor authentication to access the systems of their network (2FA) and utilise strong and secure passwords.
• Performing regular daily scans of all systems to detect intrusions and the addition of new user accounts to systems’
• Scanning systems for vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers including Remote Desktop Protocols (RDP) and patching them.
• Securing system administrations tools that attackers could abuse for infiltration into the system
• Implementing network segmentation and data categorization to minimize further exposure of mission-critical and sensitive data
• Disabling third-party or outdated components that could be used as entry points.