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This isnt the case: all organizations, large and small need to be aware and prepared.
When hit by ransomware, the victim has little breathing room to act, respond and mitigate.
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Preparedness goes beyond the direct incident response plan.
What if our CISO happens to be on holiday?
What if thebackupsare compromised?
Head of Mandiant Consulting for EMEA.
How do you keep the team motivated during an attack?
When a ransomware attack strikes, organizations run out of people before money or any other resource.
How are you going to communicate with the data pipe down?
One of the first areas a threat actor will target is an organizations' communications infrastructure.
This is often an unexpected and frustrating side effect of having systems go offline that many dont consider.
In doing so, attackers can sow confusion and massively delay the incident response.
How accessible are your backups?
Attackers often target backups to prolong an attack and exert the maximum amount of pressure on a victim.
Organizations which operate entirely in thecloudare especially vulnerable to this.
Are you willing to sacrifice a part of your web link?
Ransomware attacks succeed by having some element which is capable of getting around existing defences - i.e.
exploiting a vulnerability - most insurance policies aim to get a business back online as quickly as possible.
This does not consider the impact of the attack or how the organisation was exploited.
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