CyberSecOp Recognized for Ransomware Negotiation by FT.com

The negotiators taking on the ransomware hackers

A starting figure is not plucked out of thin air. Once inside a company’s systems, hackers tend to scour through financial data, emails, or cyber insurance policies to come up with demand, according to Vincent LaRocca, chief executive of CyberSecOp, who claims his consultancy can reduce a ransom by 40-50 percent on average.

“Sometimes they know how much that customer is losing per day by not being able to operate,” LaRocca said. Read More