An accomplished Leader, Innovator and premier thinker in cyber security and risk management with a proven track record of success, J.R. has performed executive consulting, architecture, and assessment work across the globe and in a wide variety of industries including manufacturing, insurance, healthcare, education, intelligence community, retail, and government.
A study by Infosec Institute indicates that there has been an exponential increase in cyberattacks globally in the last five years, and a major part of it happened in the month of October each year as attackers apparently exploit natural disasters.
Right now ransomware is the flavor of the day. I think we can probably reliably predict that there will be more ransomware attacks and they’ll continue to grow until we make some policy decision around cryptocurrency and paying a ransom.