The Rise of Anomaly Detection in Cybersecurity Defense

All organizations have become more vigilant in detecting and rooting out ransomware in their IT environments. However, increasing perimeter cybersecurity defenses has resulted in hackers creating ransomware strains that are even more difficult to detect. To uncover these more elusive strains, more data protection solutions now include anomaly detection to help identify them. Targeted Ransomware Attacks Mounting a viable cybersecurity defense requires organizations to go beyond deploying firewalls and antivirus software. Hackers often research an organization before initiating a targeted ransomware attack. By researching an organization, hackers may obtain specific information about it, such as its employees, IT infrastructure, and…