Cybercrime

The average ransomware demand is now $170K. Here's how we can fight back

Ransom negotiations might not be necessary if the cyberthreat is tackled upstream.

Ransom negotiations might not be necessary if the cyberthreat is tackled upstream. Image: Reuters/Raphael Satter

Jamie Scanlon
Security Specialist, Accenture
Kemba Eneas Walden
Assistant General Counsel, Digital Crimes Unit, Microsoft
Oliver Gower
Group Director for Cyber Forensics, Investigation and Intelligence, Banco Santander
Joshua Jaffe
Chief Security Officer, Vice President Cyber Security, Dell Technologies
Matthew Olney
Director of Threat Intelligence and Interdiction, Cisco
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Ransomware can have a crippling effect on business
Ransomware can have a crippling effect on business

Intervention earlier in the ransomware chain of events is recommended
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