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A conceptual security approach with awareness strategy and implementation policy to eliminate ransomware

Han, Jordan W.; Hoe, Ong J.; Wing, Joseph S.; Brohi, Sarfraz

Authors

Jordan W. Han

Ong J. Hoe

Joseph S. Wing

Sarfraz Brohi



Abstract

Undeterred by numerous efforts deployed by antivirus software that shields users from various security threats, ransomware is constantly evolving as technology advances. The impact includes hackers hindering the user’s accessibility to their data, and the user will pay ransom to retrieve their data. Ransomware also targets multimillion-dollar organizations, and it can cause colossal data loss. The organizations could face catastrophic consequences, and business operations could be ceased. This research contributes by spreading awareness of ransomware to alert people to tackle ransomware. The solution of this research is the conceptual development of a browser extension that provides assistance to warn users of plausible dangers while surfing the Internet. It allows the users to surf the web safely. Since the contribution of this research is conceptual, we can assume that technology users will adopt the proposed idea to prevent ransomware attacks on their personal computers once the solution is fully implemented in future research.

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (Published)
Conference Name ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Start Date Dec 5, 2017
End Date Dec 7, 2017
Acceptance Date Nov 13, 2017
Publication Date Dec 5, 2017
Deposit Date Sep 9, 2022
Publisher Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages 222-226
Book Title CSAI 2017: Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
ISBN 9781450353922
DOI https://doi.org/10.1145/3168390.3168398
Keywords Security and privacy, Software and application security, Software security engineering, Cyber security
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9942590
Publisher URL https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3168390.3168398
Related Public URLs https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3168390