{"id":52852,"date":"2016-03-15T18:18:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T18:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=52852"},"modified":"2016-03-15T18:18:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T18:18:59","slug":"52852-how-to-prepare-for-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/52852-how-to-prepare-for-ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware &#8211; What Employers Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What you can do to prepare for ransomware, before it strikes&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As an employer, what do your employees\u00a0need to get their day-to-day work done?\u00a0 I would guess their number one asset would be their computer.\u00a0 Without it, they cannot access the proper files and programs.\u00a0 So what do you do when that asset becomes hacked, and the files are rendered inaccessible?\u00a0 Ransomware enters your computers, accesses your files, then encrypts them.\u00a0 The hacker then demands money, typically in the form of untraceable currency called bitcoins, to decrypt the files.\u00a0 Without back-ups chances are, you will end up paying the ransom so you can obtain your files again.<\/p>\n<p>Our Vice President of Cybersecurity was cited in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shrm.org\/hrdisciplines\/technology\/articles\/pages\/hr-must-prepare-for-increase-in-ransomware-demands.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">SHRM Online <\/a>regarding the increase in demanded funds for decryption, as well as the importance of frequently backing up your organization&#8217;s data.\u00a0 Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shrm.org\/hrdisciplines\/technology\/articles\/pages\/hr-must-prepare-for-increase-in-ransomware-demands.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What you can do to prepare for ransomware, before it strikes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":52786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4522,183],"tags":[4363],"class_list":["post-52852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-safety-2","category-tips","tag-ransomware"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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