Best Practices to Limit an Organization's Ransomware Risks

Overview

Ransomware remains one of the most significant legal and operational risks facing organizations today, and an effective response requires far more than technology alone. This program examines ransomware risk through a governance and legal strategy lens, addressing how organizations can build defensible postures before an incident occurs. Topics include defining clear stakeholder roles and responsibilities, aligning internal policies with applicable regulatory requirements, conducting structured cyber risk assessments, and evaluating whether existing cyber insurance coverage is adequate. The guidance is practical and accessible, designed to help legal, executive, and security leadership work from a common framework.

What you’ll learn

• ✓Explain the current ransomware threat landscape and its legal and regulatory implications for organizations
• ✓Define stakeholder roles and accountability structures that support a coordinated ransomware response
• ✓Align organizational policies and incident response plans with relevant regulatory requirements
• ✓Conduct or oversee a cyber risk assessment that surfaces legal and governance gaps
• ✓Evaluate cyber insurance coverage terms to determine whether they adequately address ransomware scenarios
• ✓Apply a practical, non-technical governance framework to reduce ransomware risk across the organization

Curriculum

1. 1. Best Practices to Limit an Organization's Ransomware Risks from a Legal Perspective

   In this seminar, our expert panelists begin by providing an overview of ransomware and how it is used to conduct cyber-attacks, as well as an overview of the threat landscape and what information attackers seek and target. Next, our speakers give a brief overview of the technical risk management practices to implement against the threat of ransomware, followed by a deep dive into the non-technical strategies to follow. Among them are conducting cyber risk assessments, adhering to regulatory cybersecurity standards by adjusting corporate policies, and adequately purchasing cyber insurance coverage. Our experts conclude by highlighting the key strategies and practices to mitigate the threat of ransomware from the top down. Topics covered in this webinar: Overview of the Ransomware Risk

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