The process of dealing with an active ransomware incident is a high-stakes, high-pressure situation with a dozen moving parts that all need to mesh in order to reach the best outcome. If you’ve never engaged in a ransomware response before, those intricacies and considerations can be daunting if you don’t already have a plan.
For businesses of all size, ransomware has quickly become one of the most common attack types. With a potential for massive impact on operations, brand, and budget, it’s critical to have a well-thought-out response plan should your organization ever become the victim of ransomware.
Ransomware is not new. It’s been making the rounds in one form or another for over 30 years. There are many ways to prepare for a ransomware incident, but the foundation lies in understanding the basic steps to ransomware incident response.
The whitepaper Reckoning With Ransomware presents the process of handling a ransomware incident from a narrative perspective, walking through the timeline of response and the people and teams involved. These best practices can be broadly applied to any organization of any size and will help you begin building the framework of your incident response plan.
There are myriad intricate events that occur over the life of an incident and during the response process. This paper will walk through the timeline of a hypothetical ransomware incident and examine the steps to handle similar situations. It will also help you identify the roles, responsibilities, and people in your organization you may want to involve in a similar scenario.
In the whitepaper Reckoning With Ransomware, you will find out what steps your organization’s ransomware response should include, who needs to be included in your organization’s ransomware response communications, and what the recovery process can look like when a plan is implemented and executed.
