The year 2020 brought unprecedented challenges and opportunity for healthcare organizations as they looked to secure their patients, clinicians, care teams, endpoints and data.

The U.S. government is warning hospitals and healthcare providers to take precautions to protect their networks from imminent ransomware threats. The joint cybersecurity advisory focuses on a recent increase of the utilization of Ryuk ransomware. 

According to the advisory from the FBI, CISA and HHS, Ryuk ransomware first appeared in August 2018. However, the past 30 days have seen multiple healthcare systems report Ryuk attacks and infections, resulting in millions of dollars in ransom demands.

While you work to succeed and grow your business during the pandemic, cyberthreats are growing, as well. Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the current climate to better mask their phishing and malware attacks on your critical data.

According to the FBI, attacks related to COVID-19 have increased 400 percent. A recent study shows that 53 percent of U.S. industrial enterprises have seen an increase in cybersecurity threats since onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

Did you know that 82 percent of organizations will deal with a compromised production server? And 69 percent of IT decision-makers aren’t confident that they could reliably recover all business-critical data in the event of a cyberattack.

There’s nothing hypothetical about cyber threats. Businesses face hundreds of unseen dangers each day, and your success could depend on having the right tools to recover quickly and reliably.

Great business partners are committed, passionate and smart team players. They challenge you to think beyond the norm and inspire you to reach new goals. Unfortunately, the wrong partnerships can become tedious, leading you down paths that cause confusion and missteps. The bottom line: Your relationships can mean the difference between business success and failure.

As malware, phishing attempts and other threats become more sophisticated, it's more important than ever to have IT security that your business can count on. C Spire Business teamed up with Cisco, a worldwide leader in IT, networking, and cybersecurity solutions, to bring you the Layered Security Webinar Series. During the four-part series, you will learn the best practices for safeguarding your business with C Spire’s Cisco security products.