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Q. Describe the best practice to employ to mitigate malware effects on a machine.

A. Malware is the biggest problem that every one as an individual or a group is facing today. An organization or a group is making every measure to overcome the impacts of malware and to avoid the data loss or data breach because of the malware.

The attacks in which malware is involved is termed as Phishing attacks and in contrary to face them Anti-Phishing working groups are employed in every organization making sure that every individual employee of an organization is aware of what malware is and also to educate them how to get rid of the malware.

Every organization to prevent the phishing attacks they are employing three techniques. Automated removal of the phishing messages and corresponding websites, automated warning mechanisms that notify individuals when they come across any skeptical message or website, and behavioral training during which individuals are taught to identify and report attacks.

Automated techniques are widely used by many organizations and are modified a lot when compared to the beginning. The techniques so advanced that the phishing emails and the websites are easily identified and also at the same time security measures will be employed automatically. Earlier, the phishing attacks used to be in the form of spam-like messages but later on, they started to attack the individuals and to minimize the losses the end-users are provided with some training by the organization.

Phishing is a curse to small organizations and the start-ups that are expecting to expand their businesses. However, the hackers are more focused on this and organizations are investing more to make sure that the employees of a group are well trained and also equipped to be able to identify and avoid the attacks.

Compared to earlier days of the phishing attacks, now the effect is minimized as all the individuals are well aware of how to overcome the problems of phishing attack. Thanks to Anti-phishing activity committee.

References:

Jensen, M. L., Dinger, M., Wright, R. T., & Thatcher, J. B. (2017). Training to Mitigate Phishing Attacks Using Mindfulness Techniques. Journal Of Management Information Systems, 34(2), 597-626. doi:10.1080/07421222.2017.1334499