While I really like your new term, "ransomwared", I have to disagree
with the conclusion. Of course we need to try to prevent the attack,
but we also need to have some kind of backup to get things at least
somewhat back to normal. And that doesn't mean a single backup method
for all kinds of data. For example, operating system changes don't
happen every day, so as long as you get a system back up, it probably
doesn't matter too much if all the PTF's are applied. DB2 is another
story if you want something reasonably up-to-date.
Hmm... maybe make a deal with the hacker at half price and only get the
DB2 datasets back. Just kidding of course. It should be a moral
decision to *never* pay any ransom, no matter what the cost to the
business. Of course that will never fly in reality.
On 9/7/2020 4:34 AM, R.S. wrote:
Conclusion: the only effective way is to do not allow ransomware attack
to happen. Yes, we have to prevent it. All other ideas are like good
advices to a guy after his house was already robbed. Too late. You
already lost a lot.
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