According to Dr. Chase Cunningham, there are over 1.7 million ransomware attacks a day.1  This isn’t isolated to commercial organizations, these attacks include schools, hospitals, and state organizations. 

Who pays?  According to an article dated April 12, 2023, in VentureBeat Magazine, 83% of organizations paid up in ransomware attacks.2  What is the FBI policy on paying ransom? What happens when a state agency gets attacked?

Today we have two battle hardened cyber warriors who focus on state and local issues sharing details on how to prevent and recover from a ransomware attack. 

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“According to a recent survey conducted by Rubrik, 50% of respondents had dealt with ransomware attempts in the past year!” Steve Stone, Rubrik

 

Rubrik runs a lab that seeks out information on attackers.  It is summed up nicely in four words.

“We operationalize evil finding,” Steven Stone, Rubrik

 

Some states have unique challenges in providing assistance or ransomware prevention. For example

“California has 58 counties, some are larger than the states that compromise the United States” Lloyd Indig, California

 

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