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The report notes “common ransomware indicators among victims included poor email configuration,
recent credential leaks, public remote access ports, out-of-date systems, and IP addresses with botnet
activity.”

Despite this resurgence, only 49% of respondents from the Thales report have a formal ransomware
response.

As cybercriminals create new methods of attack like file-less malware and encryption-less ransomware,
enterprises need to reassess their security posture-beginning at the endpoint – and ensure that a best-
defense, secure OS, separating data from devices and storing it in the cloud, and stringent access
controls are in place. And the remaining 51% who do not have a ransomware response plan need to be
thinking how to execute recovery when attacks occur, which has become especially challenging with
today’s hybrid & distributed workforce.

About the Author

Jason Mafera is Field CTO, North America for IGEL. He comes to IGEL
with more than 20 years of experience in the delivery of cybersecurity-
focused enterprise and SaaS solution offerings and has worked for a
broad range of companies from start-ups and pre-IPO organizations to
public and privately backed firms. Prior to joining IGEL in October 2022,
Mafera served as Head of Product and then Vice President of Sales
Engineering and Customer Success for Tausight, an early-stage startup
and provider of healthcare software focused on delivering real-time
intelligence for securing and reducing compromise of electronic Personal
Health Information (ePHI) at the edge. Before that, he held a succession
of leadership roles with digital identity provider Imprivata. Mafera spent 12 years at Imprivata, first defining
and driving to market the OneSign Authentication Management and VDA solutions, then leading the
Office of the CTO. Early on in his career, he was systems engineer and later product manager at RSA,
The Security Division of EMC.

Jason can be reached online at LinkedIn and at our company website www.igel.com

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