Is your ransomware plan to pay the ransom?

Well if it is, that can be expensive in money and reputation – it may even get you into the press, so everyone can see what you did.

Panera Bread likely paid a ransom in March ransomware attack (bleepingcomputer.com)

In the UK there is also this advice to consider:

NCSC and the ICO say – Don’t pay the malware ransom

It is probably better to have a plan in place that shows you have taken at least the basic steps in protecting your organisations, customers and stake holders information – then if you have to pay you can at least mitigate the story.

Here is some help to get you started:

Ransomware – A Primer

Further Reading

Ransomware Resilient Back-up