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3. Proactive Monitoring: Real-time auditing of your IT environment will alert you to
suspicious behavior and help you detect potential threats prior to a full-blown
ransomware attack.

4. Disaster Recovery: Implementing a robust Disaster Recovery plan is the last, but most
critical, step in protecting against ransomware. If you have a strong backup and recovery
solution in place, and are hit by a ransomware attack, you can simply restore your
encrypted files from backup.
Last, but not least, if you are ever hit by a ransomware attack, never ever pay the ransom
because there’s no guarantee that the attacker will unencrypt the files. Reports indicate that
NotPetya was actually wiper malware, and not ransomware, and no amount of money could
have reversed the damage cause by the virus.

About the Author

Noa Arias is Director of Marketing at Semperis,
an enterprise identity protection company that
enables organizations to quickly recover from
changes and disasters that compromise Active
Directory. Prior to joining Semperis, Noa held
senior marketing roles spanning technology
startups, consumer goods and financial services.
She received her BA from Columbia University
and MBA from NYU's Stern School of Business,
with concentrations in marketing and strategy.
Noa can be reached online at
[email protected], or on Twitter
@SemperisTech, and at the company website
https://www.semperis.com.

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