Mitigating Ransomware With Zero Trust

Ransomware plagues organizations in both developed and developing regions, grinding businesses to a halt and extorting payouts that do not always even unlock the organization’s data. Competent organizations use data integrity measures like mature backup and recovery (as part of a larger disaster recovery plan) and widely-deployed endpoint security to prevent malware like ransomware from spreading. This report includes analysis of common ransomware campaigns, WannaCry, NotPetya, and Darkside to demonstrate that competence in applying Zero Trust strategies and the operation of Zero Trust Extended (ZTX) technologies would mitigate their impact.