Compèred by Ffion Flockhart, global head of cybersecurity, the day’s panelists included senior representatives from organizations including Marsh, FTI Consulting, S-RM, Mandiant, Fenix24, QBE, as well as a former client.
At this immersive event that walked through a ransomware attack scenario, leading cybersecurity professionals shared best practice on incident response, operational resilience and post-incident recovery and exposures. Cyber attacks remain a major threat with ransomware in particular continuing to have wide-ranging consequences for companies.
Lessons for business
The day’s experts talked guests through recovery, exposure, challenges complying with regulations, and what businesses can do to prepare for an attack.
Key takeaways included:
– Be prepared for an incident, to save time in the event of an attack – the first 24 hours is critical
– Focus on operational resilience, planning, and testing, and understand the back-up position
– Ensure the incident response team has the right support network
– Improve awareness of cyber risk management at executive and board level
Ransomware remains the top cyber threat, with healthcare, IT services and government the most…
