Wanna Cry Ransomware – Few Tips To Bolster Your Defenses

The WannaCry ransomware has literally taken the world as a hostage. The virus has hit at least 150 countries and claimed 200,000 victims, according to the European Union’s law enforcement agency Europol. Hospitals, universities, manufacturers and government agencies in the U.K., China, Russia, Germany and Spain have all been affected.

Here are few basic measures that can be put into place to safeguard your IT Assets against such attacks.

These are simple, basic measures to bolster your defences against Wanna Cry and other such ransomware. Some of the network settings and tips mentioned in this article may not be applicable to your IT Infrastructure or may have to be carried out in a different way based on network and security policies. Kindly ensure that these are executed by qualified network and security administrators of your enterprise who can execute them based on the network and security policies of your company.