Countering Ransomware with Jen Ellis

In this episode, Ciaran and James meet Jen Ellis, founder of NextJenSecurity, to discuss the pervasive threat of ransomware, the power of cyber security advocacy and importance of security best practices. Jen shares her expertise on humanising security and working with governments to build robust defenses against cyber attacks.
Highlights:

[3:00] Overview of Jen’s achievements and engagements
[8:30] Legislating Cyber Crime
[11:00] Notable Ransomware Attacks
[18:00] Ransomware Task Force
[21:00] Global Counter Ransomware Initiative
[23:30] Debating Ransomware Payments
[26:00] Current Concerns
[30:00] Cybersecurity Collaboration

Links:

Rapid7 (rapid7.com) | Center for Cybersecurity Policy (centerforcybersecuritypolicy.org)
National Cyber Strategy 2022 policy paper (gov.uk/government/publications/national-cyber-…)
Distilling Cyber Podcast (centerforcybersecuritypolicy.org/insights-and-…)
Jen testifying to the Senate on cyber crime (judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearin…) [1:08:00 onwards]
DMCA exemption for security research (govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-10-28/pdf/2021…)
Department of Justice policy on Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-announce…)
German Hospital Attackcyberlaw.ccdcoe.org/wiki/German_hospital_ranso…) Details of the attack (cyberlaw.ccdcoe.org/wiki/German_hospital_ranso…)).
Colonial Pipelinetechtarget.com/whatis/feature/Colonial-Pipelin… Incident overview (techtarget.com/whatis/feature/Colonial-Pipelin…) | (whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/…) White House remarks (whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/…)| (cisa.gov/news-events/news/attack-colonial-pipe…) CISA analysis (cisa.gov/news-events/news/attack-colonial-pipe…)
HSE Attackwww2.hse.ie/services/cyber-attack/what-happened Incident details (www2.hse.ie/services/cyber-attack/what-happened) | (hse.ie/eng/services/publications/conti-cyber-a…) Post-incident review (hse.ie/eng/services/publications/conti-cyber-a…).
JBS Attackbbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57318965 BBC report (bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57318965).
Contact:
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