Beers with Talos Ep. #98: Why ransomware actors are (and aren’t) targeting health care
Summary: A Beers with Talos episode recorded in early November 2020 and released later discusses recent health care ransomware attacks, asking why health care and other verticals are targeted, what makes a target high value to a ransomware actor, and how targeted entities can better defend themselves. The episode features Craig Williams and Matt Olney, hosted by Mitch Neff.
What you should know: The episode's central questions - what a ransomware actor counts as a high-value target and how a targeted entity defends itself - are framed by its participants as evergreen, meaning the answers your organization assumes today are the ones an actor is testing.
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