Security Success Story | A Conversation With Rashid Ahmed | Tech Done Different With Ted Harrington
Rashid Ahmed's filesystem was encrypted and held for ransom. He joins TDD to walk us through how he was able to avoid paying the ransom and have the system back up and running in less than 4 hours!
The ITSPmagazine Podcast · ITSPmagazine Tech Done Different, Ted Harrington, Rashid Ahmed
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Show Notes
At 6am, Rashid Ahmed -- the CISO of Velocity Group USA -- received the call no one wants to receive: the entire filesystem was encrypted and held for ransom. He joins Tech Done Different to walk us through how he was able to not only avoid paying the ransom, but had the system back up and running in less than 4 hours!
You'll learn:
- why it matters for all levels of an organization to understand security
- why not only do backups matter, but also the frequency matters too
- how to think about the cost-benefit tradeoff of more regular backups
- what things impact the speed to recovery from a ransomware incident
- why dialogue with leadership and the broader business matters
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Guest
Rashid Ahmed
On Linkedin | https://linkedin.com/in/rashid-ahmed
On Twitter | https://twitter.com/rashidahmed_
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Host
Ted Harrington
On ITSPmagazine 👉 https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/ted-harrington
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