By Christopher Moschella, CPA, CISA, Risk Advisory Services Senior Manager
Chris Higgins, CFO of OrthoVirginia graciously joined Keiter and Sageview to discuss the ransomware attack on OrthoVirginia this past February.
The discussion took place Thursday, September 30th, 2021 and featured Chris Higgins of OrthoVA, Nichole Labott from Sageview Consulting, and Keiter’s own Chris Moschella.
We would like to thank our friends at Sageview for helping us organize this insightful panel and Chris Higgins for his candidness during the discussion.
Some key takeaways from the discussion were:
- The value of cyber security insurance as a financial backstop and to help orchestrate incident response
- Ransomware has the potential to completely interrupt business operations
- The importance of taking care of employees during a crisis
- Inventive solutions to serve customers in a trying time
- It can take months to recover from a ransomware attack
Contact Keiter’s Cybersecurity team for more information on how to prevent ransomware and how to prioritize your company’s cybersecurity program.
About the Author
Christopher Moschella, CPA, CISA, Risk Advisory Services Senior Manager
Chris is a Senior Manager in Keiter’s Risk Advisory Services. Chris has a strong combination of IT skills, which range from IT audit and internal control assessments, including general computer controls and application controls, to full stack web development. Most recently, Chris developed a Cybersecurity web application that assesses an organization’s resistance to social engineering attacks. Chris shares his cybersecurity insights on our blog.
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