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Ransomware continues to be one of the most significant cyber securityissues affecting organizations today. The attack is very effective andcan be carried out relatively cheaply, making for larger net profits.With no end in sight to this nasty threat, Luke McNamara, our host andPrincipal Analyst for FireEye, spoke with someone who has a front-rowseat into how organizations think about ransomware and other similarthreats. For that we turned to Charles Carmakal, our SVP & CTO forMandiant, and one of our leading incident response experts.On this episode of our Eye on Security podcast, Charles and Lukeexplore the rise and evolution of ransomware—from the early days ofthreat actors automating ransomware infections without knowing whotheir victim was, to the more recent trend of breaking intoorganizations with known vulnerabilities, taking critical data,deploying encryptors and asking for much more money.They then turn their discussion to the C-suite. Charles sharesperspectives from the board when it comes to cyber threats, notingthat while leadership is much more aware of cyber security and riskmanagement than they were in the past, many still won’t understand thegravity of the situation until it’s happening to them.Closing out the conversation, Charles shares customer storiesinvolving nation-state intrusions, the use of public offensivesecurity tools by nation-states, and the struggles organizations havehad securing their now remote workforces.