By the time Brendan Rooney, director of the Crypsis Group, gets involved in a cybersecurity matter, it’s often the case that significant damage has already been done. The Crypsis Group is a digital forensic and investigative consultancy that frequently acts as the first responder when financially motivated cyber thieves, organized crime, nation-state threat actors, and hacktivists compromise a victim network. While threats are always evolving, two primary methods of ingress Crypsis encounters, are ransomware or business email compromise (BEC).
That means that first call is a tough one for Rooney. While it’s the start of the process for him, if the brand owner or OEM he’s dealing with isn’t insured against cyber-attacks, the victim may stioll have to incur a big ransom payout out of pocket. Odds are great that the victim company will also experience a disruption in productivity or suffer possible permanent loss of data. In some cases, the victim suffers all of the above.
