Information Security Management

Ransomware Ransomware attacks continue to plague various sectors - especially government and healthcare. Cyber criminals have realized that these sectors are "soft targets" given the dependence on IT systems to run critical workflows that literally involve life-and-death decisions.

Requirements

1. What is ransomware?
2. How does it work?
3. What are mitigations that institutions could implement to prevent ransomware from being installed?
4. Minimum of 300 words.