The Dark Side of Ransomware Protection Can you block lateral movement?

It is easily seen that the price of failure rises with each attack stage. The initial access stage merely creates a damage potential, while the lateral movement increases this potential from a single encrypted machine to all the others the adversary will succeed to access, concluding with the execution that would realize this potential to an actual damage.

The ransomware’s impact would always reflect the degree to which the lateral movement has succeeded, making the ability to identity and block a key necessity.

Translate ransomware attack breakdown to actual damage

The Dark Side of Ransomware Protection Can you block lateral movement?

85%

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It is easily seen that the price of failure rises with each attack stage. The initial access stage merely creates a damage potential, while the lateral movement increases this potential from a single encrypted machine to all the others the adversary will succeed to access, concluding with the execution that would realize this potential to an actual damage.

The ransomware’s impact would always reflect the degree to which the lateral movement has succeeded, making the ability to identity and block a key necessity.

Translate ransomware attack breakdown to actual damage