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Windows Ransomware Detection and Protection

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Product type Book
Published in Mar 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803246345
Pages 290 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Marius Sandbu Marius Sandbu
Profile icon Marius Sandbu
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters close

Preface 1. Part 1:Ransomware Basics
2. Chapter 1: Ransomware Attack Vectors and the Threat Landscape 3. Chapter 2: Building a Secure Foundation 4. Part 2:Protect and Detect
5. Chapter 3: Security Monitoring Using Microsoft Sentinel and Defender 6. Chapter 4: Ransomware Countermeasures – Windows Endpoints, Identity, and SaaS 7. Chapter 5: Ransomware Countermeasures – Microsoft Azure Workloads 8. Chapter 6: Ransomware Countermeasures – Networking and Zero-Trust Access 9. Chapter 7: Protecting Information Using Azure Information Protection and Data Protection 10. Part 3:Assume Breach
11. Chapter 8: Ransomware Forensics 12. Chapter 9: Monitoring the Threat Landscape 13. Chapter 10: Best Practices for Protecting Windows from Ransomware Attacks 14. Index 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

In this chapter, we learned how to configure and use AIP to classify and encrypt data to minimize the risk of malicious actors getting access to information.

We also investigated using other features to encrypt other data sources, such as SQL Server and file servers.

Finally, we looked at some best practices for data backup to minimize the risk of ransomware attacks being able to compromise backup data. It is important to note that encrypting data and backups can be seen as the last line of defense. Regardless of whether you classify and encrypt files to protect your files or have a solid backup product in place, it will not stop ransomware attacks from happening.

So far, we have looked at how to implement countermeasures that can help reduce the risk of ransomware attacks. However, there is no way that you can be 100% protected from attacks. There are always new vulnerabilities and new attack vectors that come up.

So, what do we do if our organization is hit by...

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