Webinar on ransomware readiness for corporates today

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Key initiative by Sinetcom, Sophos, FITIS and TechCERT

The Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS) is the apex body for ICT Industry and TechCERT, Sri Lanka’s first and largest Computer Emergency Readiness Team in association with Sophos and Sinetcom Ltd., Sophos Distributor of Sri Lanka and Maldives, is hosting a webinar on ‘Ransomware Readiness for Corporates’ today, 9 June, 4 p.m. onwards.

Sophos is a global threat intelligence and data science team – Sophos’ cloud-native and AI-enhanced solutions secure endpoints (laptops, servers and mobile devices) and networks against evolving cybercriminal tactics and techniques, including automated and active-adversary breaches, ransomware, malware, exploits, data exfiltration, phishing, and more.

This webinar will be presented by TechCERT Chief Executive Officer Dileepa Lathsara, TechCERT Lead Security Engineer/Digital Forensic Investigations Kalana Guniyangoda, Cyber Security Officer for Banks and Start-ups and iPay.lk Co-Founder Dr. Parakum Pathirana and Sophos Technology Manager, Sales Engineer (Security) Ravindra Baviskar.

The main objective of this webinar is the identification of these attacking vectors will help organizations to mitigate the possibility of ransomware execution and increase the probability of business restoration with a minimum impact in a ransomware attack.

This webinar is to bring discussion about what steps should be taken when a ransomware infection occurs in your business along with some Sri Lankan case studies and ransomware readiness for corporates.

Ransomware is a type of malware that demands a ransom to restore access to computing resources and data. It has been causing devastation around the world for a long time. However, considering the Sri Lankan businesses, we have seen a growth of ransomware attacks targeting business in the last few months. The investigations into such attacks have shown attackers are time and again use common attacking vectors to breach the information security of an organisation and execute ransomware. Registrations are open now to join on ransomware readiness for corporates.