RSAC 2024: Sophos Checks in with the State of Ransomware 2024

John Shier, Field CTO Commercial at Sophos, joins Dark Reading's Terry Sweeney at News Desk during RSA Conference to discuss findings of the company’s fifth annual state of ransomware report, tracking new methods and techniques its purveyors are using, as well as how weary ransomware victims are pushing back. Shier reports that ransom demands have increased while the overall rate of ransomware attacks is declining. He also reveals that attackers are starting to target victims’ backup data more and more, and offers some advice on how organizations can better protect themselves against this costly form of malware.

John Shier is a Field CTO Commercial at Sophos with more than two decades of cybersecurity experience. He’s passionate about protecting consumers and organizations from advanced threats, and has researched everything from costly ransomware to illicit dark web activity, uncovering insights needed to strengthen proactive cybersecurity defenses. John is often consulted by press, and has been quoted in publications like Reuters, WIRED, Fortune, CNN, The Hill, Fast Co, Yahoo, and more. He’s also a frequent speaker at industry events like RSA Conference, Infosec, Cebit, Gitex, and more.