A Q&A with Winston Krone of Kivu Consulting There’s no doubt that ransomware attacks are on the rise and they’re becoming more insidious. I spoke with Winston Krone, global managing director of Kivu Consulting about what the latest version of ransomware looks like and what risk managers should do if it strikes their organization.

A Q&A with John Mullen of Lewis Brisbois In recent months, ransomware attacks have become more frequent, particularly in the healthcare space. While these attacks with their demand for payment give their victims few options for responding, companies can still prepare themselves to act quickly and effectively. Better yet, they can avoid ransom-seeking malware in…

A Q&A with Luke Emrich of RSM Recently, a lawyer contacted us, inquiring about how to find and obtain bitcoins for a client’s data that was being held ransom. As ransomware becomes more common, more organizations will need to ask hard questions about how and when to pay off criminals to protect their data. I…

A Q&A with Darin Bielby and Jeremy Batterman of Navigant Consulting’s Information Security & Investigations Practice During a recent Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) panel discussion, Navigant Managing Director Darin Bielby asserted that 50 percent of the organization’s information security forensic investigations yield evidence that enables legal counsel to counsel companies that a data…

A Q&A with Benjamin Stone of the FBI It’s becoming an increasingly common story: Cyber perpetrators lock systems down with malware and then demand payment to release them. I asked Benjamin Stone, Supervisory Special Agent of the FBI’s Cyber Criminal Squad in Philadelphia, about ransomware and current conditions for cyber criminal activity.

A Q&A with Greg Wasson of ICSA Labs
The term zero-day malware refers to threats that take advantage of existing but unknown (to the owner or developer) loopholes in the system. I spoke to Greg Wasson, program manager at ICSA Labs, about zero-day vulnerabilities and the risks they pose for companies.

A Q&A with Michael Tanji of Kyrus
The introduction of CryptoLocker “ransomware” poses a new security threat to organizations—in fact, one of our customers was recently hit with this hostage-taking nuisance. To get a better sense of what CryptoLocker does and how it can be stopped before any damage is done, I spoke with Michael Tanji of Kyrus.