Key Questions to Answer After Getting CryptoWall or CryptoLocker
1. What date did you get infected?
You might only have a few days to pay the ransom until it goes from $500 to $1000. After 30 days you might not be able to decrypt the files at all.
2. What type of files got infected and what do they mean to your business?
If the files are not worth $500 then don’t pay the ransom. If the files are worth $5 million then you better be very careful and thoughtful about what you do. The decryption process might not even work and if so....

You want to enter in a fully burdened labor rate for this field. What that means is that you want to take the base hourly rate, plus 25-30% for employer payroll taxes, benefits, vacation/holiday time, etc.
Smoke testing is a type of software testing performed by Alvaka after a software patching sequence to ensure that the system is working correctly and to identify any misconfigurations or conflicts within the patched system.
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.
Smoke testing is a term used to describe the testing process for servers after patches are applied.