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Tips on Ransomware Defense Strategies

March 19, 2020 Mayuri Kumar

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Healthcare institutions and nonprofits are suffering badly from ransomware attacks, says Caleb Barlow, CEO of CynergisTek, who offers insights on shoring up defenses..

In a video interview with Information Security Media Group at RSA 2020, Barlow also discusses:

The reality of cyber/physical attacks in healthcare;
Shoring up defenses against ransomware;
Healthcare and the nation-state threat.

Barlow is the president and CEO of security consulting firm CynergisTek. Previously, he led the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence organization. In 2016 he built IBM's X-Force Command, which includes an incident command system for responding to major cyber incidents.

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