Weapon of Mass Destruction: A Look at the Ransomware Epidemic, presented by Fernando Tomlinson

UNITED STATES

12.01.2020

Video by Steven Stover 

780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber)

Part of the AvengerCon V presentations cleared for public release: The use of ransomware has taken organizations by surprise. While most organizations have dedicated staff to minimize and reduce the attack surface for such threats, the malware is still successful. Once infected, the attack has huge impacts on an organization's business and its ability to operate. In some cases, organizations pay the fee to return their systems to normal. In other cases, organizations take to remediating the attack by restoring backups or seeking to reverse the encryption used through internal means. In this talk, we will dive into the ransomware epidemic and its effect on organizations. Additionally, we will look at defensive measures an organization can take to limit their chances of becoming a statistic and the headline on the evening news.

AvengerCon is a free security event hosted every fall by Maryland Innovation and Security Institute to benefit the hackers of the U.S. Cyber Command community and the U.S. Army 780th Military Intelligence Brigade. The event is open to all service members and employees of U.S. Cyber Command and Department of Defense personnel supporting cyberspace missions. AvengerCon features presentations, hacker villages, training workshops, and much more.

The event is open to all service members and employees of U.S. Cyber Command and Department of Defense, and related partners supporting cyberspace missions.

• Date Taken: 12.01.2020
• Date Posted: 10.20.2022 14:33
• Category: Series
• Video ID: 861458
• VIRIN: 201201-O-PX639-423
• Filename: DOD_109279035
• Length: 00:40:13
• Location: US