In December of 2021, Kronos was attacked by ransomware. If you are not familiar with the company, Kronos is one of the largest Human Resources companies in the world, which means they have many, many clients that depend on their services. One thing they are known for in particular is payroll systems. As a result …
Ransomware
What is a disaster, anyway? According to our good friends at Merriam-Webster, a disaster is “a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, or destruction”. Ransomware certainly meets that definition. If bringing a company’s IT systems and business operations to a screeching halt doesn’t constitute great damage, loss, or destruction I don’t know what does. Ransomware is …
Lately, I’ve been doing quite a bit of work around ransomware recovery and incident response. Many of the NIST documents have been a great starting point, and I’ve come across some real gems during my research. Here is a list of documents I have found helpful or interesting, and a little bit about each of …