The weakest link in any system is people. You can have the best security money can buy, but it cant help stupidity.
Being naïve, ignorant or just a plain dumb arse. I have seen this at a $450 million business (and almost needed to be taken to hospital in shock). Many businesses I have been to visit simply have a modem with a rudimentary firewall installed – these just don’t cut it. Choosing not to install a high grade firewall on the perimeter of your network. So it kinda makes sense to put some effort into stemming the issue at this point – Unless of course you are wanting to get yourself crypto locked. Simply choosing the entry level email filtering system – The number 1 entry point of viruses into a network is through email. Had he not installed a great AV, there would have been many tears shed…. You can guess how that conversation played out ?. When we looked at the logs, we could see he had attempted to download a crypto locker payload from 3 different computers before calling us…. We had a client with a newly installed Anti Virus system who called up to yell at us for installing a crap system – simply because he was not able to download a new version of cracked software. Whilst this alone doesn’t guarantee protection, it can and will save your bacon in the majority of situations. Not using a high grade Anti Virus program to protect your asset. 
Go ahead, don’t bother to ensure your systems are updated and you will be a prime Crypto target. Whilst the update process is irritating and can be time consuming, it exists for a reason other than to simply inconvenience you. This means applying the latest security updates to your computers.
Forget, ignore or otherwise fail to ensure your computer systems are patched. This is where I thought I would outline the Top 5 ways to help get yourself crypto locked (and the subsequent acts of physical and verbal violence that are sure to be forthcoming from partners) This is for business and personal alike – Whilst for business there is money at stake, how badly would your husband, wife or partner kick your arse if you managed to loose a lifetime of digital photos due to sheer stupidity? Whilst I don’t expect you to be in quite such a dire position, it made me think that not everyone heeding the warnings to take some responsibility with your computer system/s security. So why not leave the keys to the front door under the mat as well? They might as well have a notice on their website and front door to say “ Please hack me – I am making it as easy as I possibly can” I walked into a multi million dollar financial institution running non supported Windows XP with no firewall the other day. With all of the hype around ransomware, I still see things that just make me shake my head.
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