Blackberry announces new
ransomware capability to aid
cyberattack recovery
Billy Ho, Executive Vice President of
Enterprise Products, BlackBerry
users should their PC computers and
synced files become infected.
Despite even the best precautions an
organisation can take, ransomware
attacks will still happen. Ransomware
attacks were the most common type
of malware in 2017 and it is projected
that, by the end of 2019, a business will
be hit by a ransomware attack every
14 seconds with the resulting damage
costs predicted to reach US$11.5
billion annually. With BlackBerry Workspaces, the
administrator can check user logs to
pinpoint exactly what workspaces,
folders and files have been affected
and selectively roll impacted files back
to pre-attack versions and without
restrictions on how far back it can
recover. The ability to precisely remove
just the infected files helps organisations
avoid the loss of work and productivity
that often come with system-wide
recovery mechanisms.
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BlackBerry’s new ransomware recovery
feature helps organisations contain and
limit the damage of ransomware attacks
by freezing the accounts of affected
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Most ransomware recovery solutions
enforce a companywide rollback,
meaning even users whose systems
were not impacted may lose data.
“Beyond data loss, opportunity costs
and reputational risks, downtime
resulting from ransomware attacks can
inflict real harm on customers in any
industry, including healthcare or public
safety, where the consequences of any
delay can be catastrophic,” said Billy Ho,
Executive Vice President of Enterprise
Products, BlackBerry.
“Organisations need to have a strong
culture of security to minimise the
risk of an attack – something that our
cybersecurity consulting team has been
supporting for the last several years.
And in a worst-case scenario, it’s critical
that organisations also have a layered
defence model in place and an enterprise
technology stack that is designed with
the inevitable breach in mind.”
The new ransomware recovery feature
will be available in the BlackBerry
Workspaces Collaborate and Secure
Plus editions. u
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lackBerry Limited has
announced its next-generation
BlackBerry Workspaces
content collaboration platform, featuring
a new ransomware recovery capability
that allows organisations to quickly
recover from cyberattacks.