Ransomware is a problem that just won’t go away. Despite years of experience and plenty of focus on the threat by both vendors and security staff, attacks continue to be successful. The primary reason for ransomware’s success is that it largely relies on “social engineering”: tricking employees to do something they think is benign, but the result is a compromise of the organization. Phishing is the best example but there are plenty of others. The challenge is to stop ransomware without slashing staff productivity or expecting users to be perfect in their computer use.
HP Wolf Security offers security software solutions to provide a virtual safety net for PC users, even when unknown threats slip past other defenses like Anti-Virus and Email Security. Hardware-enforced virtualization isolates high-risk content to protect user PCs, data, and credentials, rendering malware harmless, while IT gets actionable threat intelligence to help strengthen organizational security posture and decrease the attack surface.