Ransomware attacks hold businesses and public services hostage and yield millions for the criminal groups behind them, as outlined in a recent RUSI report. With high rewards and relatively low costs, ransomware groups continue to operate with impunity and invest in developing more effective tactics and tools to maximise their returns.
What should be the response to demands for ransom payment? How can the private sector and law-enforcement agencies collaborate to track cryptocurrency payments and cash-outs? What role does cyber insurance play? Can lessons be learnt from the decades of experience on ransoms in the offline world?
RUSI has called for urgent policy intervention. This panel will assess current efforts – including the Ransomware Task Force – to tackle this growing threat and explore reasonable policy options for companies and governments to consider when faced with ransom demands.
Speakers:
- Jen Ellis, Vice President, Community and Public Affairs, Rapid7
- Simone Maini, Chief Executive Officer, Elliptic
- Ciaran Martin, Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
- Graeme Newman, Chief Innovation Officer, CFC Underwriting
- Misha Glenny, Journalist and Author
Moderator: Tom Keatinge, Director, Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, RUSI
This event will be taking place on Zoom, register here.
You will be sent the link when you register. If you have any questions please email Sabrina Downey at sabrinad@rusi.org.