“In some recent cases of ransomware attacks, the victim organizations have paid huge amounts to the attackers, which can be one of the reasons these attacks are getting more popular. Instead, what organizations need to focus on is preparation and early mitigation if they want to cut losses to ransomware.” Paul Webber – Senior Director Analyst at Gartner
Source: Gartner
About Paul Webber:
Paul Webber is a Sr. Director Analyst in the Endpoint Security team specializing in Cyber Resilience, EPP/EDR/XDR. Mr. Webber has extensive industry experience where he was responsible for all security tools, policies and processes in major enterprise organizations. He is also a researcher, analyst and contributor to research papers, Magic Quadrants and Market guides.
Previous experience
In his previous role, Mr. Webber carried out the following tasks one- to three-year strategy for all global security tools and services, investment plan/budget for $14 million annual projects spend, and solution design and consultancy for major infrastructure projects including cloud security, endpoint security EPP+EDR, SOC tools, threat hunting, forensics, mobile security.
Education
Cloud/Security certifications: AWS, Azure, QAPCCS, CSSK
University – Computing and Modern Eastern European Languages.
