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What Are the Most Important Steps to Protect Your Organization’s Data?

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After a marginal increase in 2015, another steep rise happened in 2016 through 2017 before the volume decreased in 2018 and rose in 2019, and dropped again in 2020. They can use AI and data-driven cybersecurity technology to address these risks. By 2012, there was a marginal increase, then the numbers rose steeply in 2014.

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Ransomware And The Defense Industrial Base

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According to the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report of 2016, governments’ growing dependence on information technology makes them vulnerable to ransomware attacks. Hackers have been enhancing their attack methods, thus the need for governments to have a robust cybersecurity posture to secure the DIB.