Ransomware actors have been a continuous threat to organisations for years, and the scale of the attacks keeps advancing. In the last twelve months alone, thirty-seven percent of UK companies have reported a data breach incident to the Information Commissioners Office. The motivations of the cyber criminals are changing, moving on from holding organisations to ransom for financial gain to causing as much disruption as possible, including large scale shutdowns of life-critical services. Criminals have found another avenue for extortion, so how can organisations overcome this new threat?”]

