As organisations grow and mature, they tend to become increasingly aware of their cyber security needs. In commercial environments, this awareness translates into having at the very least, a firewall installed within the office premises. And today, most companies do at least have a firewall to protect them from malicious websites and cyber-attacks. This brings up the question: why do firewall often fail at preventing ransomware attacks?

Cybercriminals are creative agents. They are constantly finding ways to evade detection mechanisms deployed by well-funded cybersecurity research firms like FireEye, Sophos, etc. So far cyberattackers’ creativity is winning this cat and mouse game!

Each time security teams come up with new controls and security measures, cybercriminals find ways to circumvent them and gain access to critical information.