Readiness. Response. Recovery: Response.

While prevention is always the best form of defence, the meteoric rise in ransomware attacks suggests a breach is simply inevitable in some cases. To help organisations prepare for such a situation, PwC joins Okta to discuss the key, and often challenging decisions organisations must make during a ransomware attack, and what steps they should follow to mitigate threats quickly and keep damage to a minimum.

IT challenges:

• Complex, multi-vendor IT environments slow down security response rates
• Identifying the root cause of the attack can be difficult and time consuming
• Poor understanding of how ransomware attacks work increases the risk of spread

PwC spokesperson: Will Oram