In the aftermath of a ransomware attack
With ransomware attacks becoming increasingly more sophisticated, attackers are no longer just encrypting user files — online backups and system configuration files are also targeted, which if successful makes recovery a difficult and prolonged process. For IT teams already operating under heavy workloads, a successful attack compounds their challenges. This talk will explore why rapid recovery from ransomware can be extremely difficult and examine the factors that make these attacks particularly devastating. We will also discuss how we can improve our current centralised incident response procedures to meet the rapidly escalating challenges of the current cyber threat landscape.
Jacky Mallett
Dr. Jacky Mallett is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Reykjavik University, and a member of the collaborative group on Cybersecurity between Reykjavik University and the University of Iceland. She teaches courses in Cyber Defence, High Performance Computing, and Computer Networks. Her research focuses on practical defences to cyber attacks, analysis of cryptocurrencies, and agent based modelling of the financial system. She has over 30 years of industry and academic experience, as a Senior Engineer and Manager for Nortel Networks, Team Leader at Sony Research Labs, Senior Developer at Madison Tyler high frequency trading, and Software Architect at CCP Games. She received her Ph.D. from the MIT Media Laboratory in 2006, studying the problem of group organisation in autonomous robot swarms.
