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Regardless of all mitigation measures or prevention strategies already described in this book, no organization or individual can be 100 percent immune to ransomware infection. This makes having a solid backup and recovery plan important to counter successful ransomware attacks.
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Hassan, N.A. (2019). Paying the Ransom. In: Ransomware Revealed. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4255-1_7
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