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Prevent compromised unmanaged devices from moving laterally in your organization with “Contain”

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Yossi Basha
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Jun 09, 2022
71% of human operated ransomware cases are initiated by an unmanaged device, usually internet facing, that is compromised and is then used to move laterally and compromise more devices. Starting toda...
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AndrewX
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Jun 09, 2022

Haha that was exactly my first thought as well..  Where did you pull the 70% statistic from?

 

 I'm keen to read that research paper.

 

A statistic like this almost implies that Asset Inventories are irrelevant.