Blog Security Five Ways to Prevent and Protect Against Ransomware Attacks Jacob Abrams is a Product Marketing Manager at Akamai working with the Zero Trust security products, specifically Akamai Guardicore Segmentation. Prior to Akamai, he worked with Israeli tech startups to generate sales pipeline and facilitate marketing content creation and promotion. He is based in Somerville, MA. Proactive, holistic ransomware prevention and protection measures are crucial to your enterprise’s continued success. Ransomware is a pervasive type of malware that encrypts and restricts access to an enterprise’s data, including files, documents, and images. Cybercriminals then demand a ransom payment — often in a cryptocurrency like bitcoin — in exchange for restoring the data. If the ransom isn’t fulfilled within the specified period, the attacker either destroys or publicly releases that data to the internet, often via sites on the dark web.…