Welcome to episode 369!

This week Rafal talks ransomware and welcomes Oussama El-Hilali, Chief Technology Officer at Arcserve, and Chester Wisniewski, Principal Research Scientist at Sophos to the podcast.

Highlights from this week's episode include...

  • Chester hits us with some staggering facts and figures about ransomware
  • Rafal asks if companies should pay the ransom …and ducks
  • Oussama explains why backup companies and anti-malware companies should be besties

Guests

  1. Oussama El-Hilali - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oussama-el-hilali/
  2. Chester Wisniewski - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chester-wisniewski-b428241/

Links

  • Arcserve landing page for more information - https://www.arcserve.com/partners/alliances/sophos/
  • Sophos press release on the alliance - https://www.sophos.com/en-us/press-office/press-releases/2019/09/sophos-and-arcserve-to-offer-all-in-one-data-security-and-protection-from-cyberattacks.aspx