Threatpost talks to Shawn Taylor, the senior systems engineer at Forescout who covers state and local governments across the country. Taylor recounts what the experience taught him about how to best protect against ransomware threats. In the second part of a two-part podcast interview, Taylor talks about his experiences on the frontlines of the Atlanta Georgia ransomware attack and why more cities are susceptible to these types of attacks. Taylor: Ensuring that you have an adequately populated CMDB [configuration management database] and ITSM [IT service management] environment with which to work.
Source: https://threatpost.com/protecting-against-ransomware-attacks-a-checklist/146598/