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David Smith

David Smith

David Smith is a cryptographer with 12 years of experience in both the public and private sectors. He is currently working on his second startup (currently in stealth mode) that will track and interpret the use of contactless payments. His expertise includes system design and implementation with contact and contactless smart cards, smart card personalization, mobile payments, and general knowledge and experience with APAC market trends and consumer preferences. He occasionally consults with smart card companies at  www.cardzgroup.com.

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Attacker dwell time is less talked about but just as important security risk when it comes to ransomware

Attacker dwell time: Ransomware's most important metric

David smith
David Smith
December 14, 2020

Though a lot of attention regarding ransomware has been given to the way in which attackers phish their way into a network, one of the crucial aspects of ransomware attacks is attacker dwell time. Ransomware criminals can lurk around in networks and quietly spy around on your data, waiting to get their hands on information of higher value to get more compensation. Learn how to stop it.


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