Today’s Ransomware Risk

Today’s ransomware is often specifically engineered to bypass traditional, prevention-oriented security controls by distributing campaigns across multiple stages, each increasingly engineered to leverage legitimate applications, communications, and other activities to blend in with normal operations. This sophistication makes it exceptionally difficult for even seasoned security staff to detect attacks in progress amid the high volume of daily activity and event information and respond fast enough to prevent encryption of systems.

In addition to the financial cost of ransom payouts—which, in 2021, the U.S. Treasury estimated topped those of the entire past decade—ransomware has interrupted healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, and other critical business operations. Without question, the ability to detect and interrupt ransomware before it interrupts operations is essential.

Detect Ransomware Across the Cyber Kill Chain

The good news is that Fortinet offers a range of advanced threat detection products to identify ransomware campaigns at each stage of the cyber kill chain, using the multi-stage sophistication of such campaigns against the cybercriminal. Specifically, many of the products leverage artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL), along with other advanced analytics to:

  • Process the huge volume of event data generated by today’s digital organizations
  • Identify anomalous and high-risk activity that often mimics legitimate operations
  • Cover the entire attack surface and cyber kill chain stages to stitch together a comprehensive picture
  • Integrate with traditional security controls within a cybersecurity platform to simplify and speed operations

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Thwart Ransomware With Artificial Intelligence Across the Cyber Kill Chain

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