A Socio-Technical Approach to Preventing, Mitigating, and Recovering from Ransomware Attacks.
Recently there have been several high-profile ransomware attacks involving hospitals around the world. Ransomware is intended to damage or disable a user's computer unless the user makes a payment. Once the attack has been launched, users have three options: 1) try to restore their data from backup; 2) pay the ransom; or 3) lose their data. In this manuscript, we discuss a socio-technical approach to address ransomware and outline four [...]
Author(s): Sittig, Dean F, Singh, Hardeep
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2016-04-SOA-0064