Incidents of ransomware have been increasing and evolving steadily for years as financially motivated adversaries shift tactics when one is no longer profitable. Unfortunately, many organizations haven’t been able to adapt their security operations to keep up. Back in 2019, 60% of organizations told ESG that they experienced a ransomware attack that year, with 29% reporting that attacks happened at least on a weekly basis.
Who knows what the final tally will be in 2021? But recent high-profile attacks that impacted fuel supplies on the East Coast, threatened meat distribution, and targeted transportation systems and financial services providers have made ransomware a mainstream topic of concern. Consumer confidence has been shaken and organizations are wondering how to protect themselves and their customers when these attacks happen. What’s needed is a deeper understanding of adversaries and their tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), so you can determine what is relevant to your organization and how to mitigate risk. ...read more!
