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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Through the years, we’ve seen several strains of ransomware make headlines: CryptoLocker in 2013, Locky in 2016, WannaCry and Hermes in 2017, GandCrab in 2018, and now, Ryuk joins the pack of notable names in criminal malware. The Ryuk ransomware family spawned in 2018 from a sophisticated Russia-based cybercrime group.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

* This article first appeared in In-House Defense Quarterly on April 3, 2018. Board-management discussions about cyber risk should include identification of which risks to avoid, which to accept, and which to mitigate or transfer through insurance, as well as specific plans associated with each approach.