Congressional hearings regarding the UnitedHealth cyberattack that occurred earlier this year revealed that the massive security incident could cost the company a total of $1.6 billion. During testimony, UnitedHealth CEO revealed that hackers infiltrated its systems through a remote portal that wasn’t protected by multifactor authentication and other safeguards the company had in place that were designed to prevent and detect also failed.
Breaches and ransomware attacks happen, and unfortunately, tools and processes designed to detect and prevent do not catch everything. Which is why having strong recovery capabilities and a disaster recovery plan are so important for defense-in-depth. Recovery point objectives, or RPOs are measured in seconds, minutes, hours or days. RPOs help a company define the maximum amount of data loss that can occur in the event of a cyberattack.
Read the full article on Security Magazine: https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/100754-recovery-point-objectives-101-planning-for-cyberattacks
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