For enterprises, maintaining network security has always been of prime importance. With the frequency and widespread impact of the cyber attacks that have occurred this year, network security is becoming harder to maintain.
The ransomware WannaCry spread to a number of computers back in May, and was recognized as one of the biggest ever cyber attacks in the Internet history.
Then, when the scars from WannaCry hadn't fully healed a new ransomware attack came to haunt the cyber world again. Petya, as it was called, hit organizations across Europe and was far more sophisticated and disruptive to enterprise operations. 2017 is being swept by a wave of ransomware that doesn't seem to end.