Ted Schaer Discusses the Threat Ransomware Poses

January 3, 2017

Ted Schaer interviewed with Philly Biz's Rachel Vigoda on the topic of ransomware in relation to cyber security. "2016 was the year of ransomware,” says Schaer. “Businesses across the country saw an uptick in malware that was introduced in very simplistic emails that people would open and infect their system with ransomware. The company becomes paralyzed because all of their data has been encrypted—unless they pay the ransom, or have sufficient backups that they can wipe everything out and reinstall. And in 2017, that will continue to be a very big cyber- security threat for businesses.” Read the full text of the article:  HERE.