Admins are already busy maintaining all systems running onsite and remotely, so the extra demand to protect against fileless threats can be overwhelming for manual security operations and inexperienced IT professionals. There are, however, five basic steps you can take to help mitigate the threat: Ensure Use of PowerShell version 5 (or higher) Upgrade your Operating Systems to Windows 10 Stay up to date with patching Limit Administrative Access (think least privilege) Deploy Effective Application Control Policies