Without a plan for responding to a ransomware incident, you’ll pay. Most executives I’ve asked didn’t know what their organization would do if it were infected.
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Here are a few important statistics:
1. 80% of organizations were hit by ransomware in 2021
2. More than 60% of those who were hit, paid the ransom in 2020
3. 77% of ransomware infections in 2021 threatened to release sensitive data
4. The breach response costs made up 52% of the total cost of ransomware in 2021
5. The average ransom payment in 2021 was over $130K USD
6. 68% of infected organizations paid the ransom in 2020
7. Of 32% who paid the ransom in 2021, only 65% recovered the encrypted data
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[/et_pb_cta][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”8px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font_size=”20px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_2_line_height=”1.4em” min_height=”107px” global_colors_info=”{}”]It’s also important to know that many cyber insurance companies don’t cover the ransom payment, as it falls into a different category of risk.
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Executives need a plan for ransomware prevention and response.
[The above statistics were obtained from the Panda Security website at: https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/mediacenter/security/ransomware-statistics/]
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Scott Wright is CEO of Click Armor, the gamified simulation platform that helps businesses avoid breaches by engaging employees to improve their proficiency in making decisions for cyber security risk and corporate compliance. He has over 20 years of cyber security coaching experience and was creator of the Honey Stick Project for Smartphones as a demonstration in measuring human vulnerabilities.
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