Intelligent CIO North America Issue 18 | Page 72

INDUSTRY WATCH
With the rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service ( RaaS ) techniques , double extortion attacks and the low cost of ransomware kits , unsustainable loss ratios have convulsed the insurance market . Thom Langford , Global Security Advocate at SentinelOne , discusses why in order for businesses to protect themselves from ransomware , they need to stop choosing between investing in a better security stack or getting insurance cover .

How ransomware is destabilizing cyber insurance

– and what to do about it

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