Digital Shakedown: The Complete Guide to Understanding and Combating Ransomware (2024)

By: Harry Halikias

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Synopsis: This book is a comprehensive review of ransomware that covers ransomware from every angle. It presents origins, components, purpose, impacts, relevant laws, prevention techniques and proposed solutions. This book also introduces novel concepts such as the Three Cs of Ransomware and The Great Shut Down, Reboot, Pull the Plug Debate. This indispensable book provides readers with the most comprehensive information regarding ransomware ever assembled. It distils technical, legal, and practical topics in a style that is both readable and usable. Offering a thorough and compelling new perspective on ransomware, this invaluable resource benefits business leaders, IT professionals, security and privacy experts and legal practitioners. Students, and anyone seeking to understand this critical issue will want to purchase this book. It is a concise, contemporary, and compelling new perspective on ransomware that will help frame decisions for corporations and policymakers alike.