Employees tend to be more productive when they work remotely, which is one plus for the many organizations quickly moving to remote environments. But there are security drawbacks.

As cyber criminals leverage more intelligent methods of attack, the need for protection becomes more crucial. An obvious starting point to protecting against ransomware is ensuring you have suitable anti-virus and security software that is kept up to date. As seen in many cases, however, zero-day malware is becoming more common so anti-virus software does not necessarily provide any guarantee of protection against this threat.

The number of ransomware attacks is steadily on the rise, increasing 300 percent year over year. Have you considered how ransomware would affect your company? What if you didn’t have to? With the right disaster recovery protection solution, you can recover from ransomware attacks in minutes and reduce the risk of data loss to just seconds. But first, let’s gain a better understanding of what ransomware is, and why it’s a growing threat.

There’s no such thing as knowing too much – especially in IT.

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When C Spire holds its C3 Coding Challenge for Mississippi high school students this spring, expect Marcheta Walker to be there mentoring student teams. It’s a project she passionately supports.