3 Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Ransomware-What Everyone Should Know. Effective Sept. 2023. of time. A sense of urgency is designed to get you to react rather than take the time to think about what you’re doing. Again, check directly with the company or service provider to determine if there is, in fact, an issue. • Have a plan to educate employees about ransomware attacks that includes what to do if one occurs. Review this plan with employees several times a year. Social Engineering Red Flags and Suspicious Emails Social engineering is a way of manipulating or exploiting humans and human behaviour in a way to gain access to private information. Through social engineering, people are lured into sharing private information, downloading corrupt or infected software, visiting infected websites and sending money to criminals. To minimize being a target, look for some of the following red flags in your emails: How Should you Respond to a Ransomware Attack Your response will be what you do immediately after an attack occurs and will depend on the severity of an attack. You should never wait for an attack to occur, however. Prevention is the best way to avoid a cyber security incident from occurring in the first place.
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