Assessing Ransomware Risk in IT and OT Environments
Summary: Dragos reports that manufacturing has been hit hardest by ransomware, at a ratio of almost two to one compared with other industries, with Molson Coors, Honeywell, JBS, and Colonial Pipeline among those ransomed in the prior six months. The average remediation cost of ransomware attacks reached approximately $1.85 million in the first half of 2021, covering downtime, people hours, device costs, network costs, lost opportunities, and ransom paid.
Bottom line: Dragos states that its complex systems analysis yields low preparedness numbers even in relatively well-secured environments, and that some organizations that paid ransoms found their systems still did not function properly after decryption keys were released.
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