Describe ways an organization can protect itself from ransomware.

Ransomware is expected to grow according to the FBI (Devlin, 2016). According to this same article there were 2,453 reported incidents of ransomware in 2015. In one case it cost a hospital in California paid out $17,000 dollars in ransom to restore the data locket by hackers. This type of malware encrypts critical computer information and locks it until ransom is paid. This technique of encryption is called “Cryptolocker.” Find at least five cases of ransomware. Describe ways an organization can protect itself from ransomware. What laws might apply?