Security mitigation

For the significance of Windows 11’s security focus, one simply needs to look at the news. It seems every day that another story emerges of a company or organization that has had ransomware installed and then been blackmailed into paying for an encryption key to regain access to their own data. A review of the work needed to protect from these types of attacks is worth the time.

Additionally, software products working in tandem with antivirus solutions, such as data loss prevention (DLP) software or even intrusion detection software/systems (IDS) can be used to protect organizations and their data from accidental or even intentional theft by third parties or rogue employees. The typical goal of an organization is to prevent their data from ending up on WikiLeaks, so any steps that can be taken toward that end are a good target for the enterprise administrator.

While prevention is all well and good, what about the aftermath of a detected intrusion? Are...