How to mitigate rapid cyberattacks such as Petya and WannaCrypt

Rapid cyberattacks like Petya and WannaCrypt were able to take down all IT systems at global enterprises in about an hour, creating a new challenge for IT and Security leadership and practitioners to manage. Join Lex Thomas as he welcomes back Mark Simos to the show as they discuss these attacks as well as Microsoft’s recommended mitigations to protect your organization against this type of attack.

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0:00:33 – So tell us about these Rapid Cyberattacks --- what are they and how do they function?
0:02:43 – Tell us about Petya and the impact it made on businesses. What made Petya different?
0:06:37 – How was this attack architected?
0:24:00 – What recommendations do you have to protect systems against these types of attacks?

Additional Resources:
https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/micr...