Ransomware Attacks: Strategies for Prevention and Recovery

As organizations remain susceptible to ransomware attacks, you can head into the new year with the latest research on strategies for defending against attacks as well as how to recover after an attack. True ransomware preparedness requires getting to know your security posture and then making it stronger, as well as creating a proactive action plan for the possibility that even these improved defenses could be breached. Our SonicWall Threat and Detection Strategist uncovers the findings in the latest Osterman Research paper, Ransomware Attacks: Strategies for Prevention and Recovery. You’ll get actionable insights that include: • Common set of realities found in 2022 • SWOT Analysis on Ransomware • New strategies to defend against ransomware • How to recover after an attack occurs OUR PRESENTERS: Immanuel Chavoya is a spokesperson and Senior Manager of the Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) at SonicWall. As an advocate for Security, Immanuel has spoken at DefCon highlighting the importance of a building a product security program in his mission to make Zero-Days harder. Prior to SonicWall, Immanuel led mission critical security operations defending against Nation States and Advanced Threat Actors at NASA and Intuitive Surgical. Immanuel gives back to the security community through education and outreach as an Elected member of the Silicon Valley Information Security Association (ISSA), a not-for-profit serving the security community. Michael is the Senior Analyst at Osterman Research, with broad interests in cybersecurity, data protection and information governance. Michael is the author of seven books on collaboration and user adoption, including Re-Imagining Productive Work with Office 365, User Adoption Strategies (2nd Edition), and Collaboration Roadmap. Michael holds a Master of Commerce with first-class honors in telecommunications-based IT from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.