With ransomware wreaking havoc within corporate human resources departments, new ways to deal with data theft are rapidly emerging. But while some solutions are complex and costly, others are surprisingly simple.
In an article on the topic in CSO Online, Brian Nesmith, CEO of Sunnyvale, California-based cybersecurity company Artic Wolf Networks, suggests that human resources departments set up a dedicated workstation for receiving and viewing resumes and similar documents that have been selected by data thieves as Trojan horses for ransomware.
Nesmith notes that the thieves have targeted HR because it shares data with other departments, such as finance, and also connects with parties outside their own organization. By penetrating HR with an innocent-looking job response, the ransomware can spread throughout HR's network.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
