Forming an Effective Ransomware Response Team: Key Steps
Understanding the Threat of Ransomware in Today’s Digital Landscape Amid the evolving digital landscape, ransomware has emerged as a formidable threat to organizations of all sizes. At Alvaka, we recognize the critical nature of these attacks, which can cripple critical [...]
Navigating Post-Ransomware Recovery: Essential Steps to Take
Grappling with the Reality of Ransomware: An IT Emergency We understand the complexity and disruptiveness of a ransomware attack. It's a scenario no one wants to face, yet it's increasingly common in the digital age. Our first response is to [...]
Top Ransomware Recovery Services for Businesses: A Strategic Guide
Understanding the Threat: Ransomware and Its Impact on Businesses Top Ransomware Recovery Services for Businesses have become essential as ransomware emerges as an insidious threat that locks away critical data, demanding payment for its release. This sophisticated malware variant can [...]
The Rising Cost of Ransomware on Critical Infrastructure: A 2024 Perspective
Ransomware attacks have become a formidable threat to critical national infrastructure (CNI), inflicting significant financial and operational damage on essential services. As these attacks grow in sophistication, the repercussions for sectors such as energy, water, healthcare, and telecommunications [...]
Unmasking the True Motives Behind Ransomware: The Case of Bronze Starlight
Ransomware attacks have surged in recent years, causing significant financial and operational damage to organizations worldwide. However, not all ransomware campaigns are driven purely by financial gain. The case of the Chinese-based threat actor known as Bronze Starlight, [...]
FBI Recovers 7,000 LockBit Decryption Keys
In a significant victory against cybercrime, the FBI has announced the recovery of over 7,000 decryption keys for LockBit ransomware, one of the most formidable ransomware variants in recent years. This development offers a ray of hope for [...]
Smoke testing is a term used to describe the testing process for servers after patches are applied. 
Estimating an average time for patching servers and PCs can be a bit tricky. It can vary from one month to the next, depending upon the number and complexity of the patches released by your software vendors. You must consider all versions of operating systems and have a complete inventory of all your application software to do this job correctly. Our experience has shown that manual patching of systems takes on average of about 1.5 hours each.
This is a basic cost calculator for you to compute your typical monthly cost for patching your servers, PCs, laptops, tablets and associated application software. It also forms the basis for you to begin calculating your Return on Investment for software patching, or for comparison with alternatives to the manual process of patching operating systems and application software—such as Patch Management as a Service, also known as Vulnerability Management as a Service.
