Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 99 | Page 44

CIO OPINION
CISOs must integrate containment strategy into their enterprise ’ s cybersecurity incident response plan .
Wayne Hankins , Senior Director Analyst , Gartner
Arun Chandrasekaran , VP Analyst , Gartner

Tackling two vexing issues : ransomware and governance around GenAI

Wayne Hankins from Gartner advises how to build a playbook to contain ransomware in an enterprise , in other words a containment strategy for CISOs , while Arun Chandrasekaran describes how CIOs can manage data privacy and governance while building generative AI enabled searches .

The threat of ransomware attacks has escalated over the years , affecting organisations with disruptive aftermaths and downtimes . Meanwhile , chief information and security officers , CISOs are under increased pressure to defend and minimise the effects of a ransomware attack on their organisation .

To help improve an organisation ’ s resilience during a ransomware attack , cybersecurity leaders , must prepare to execute a coordinated containment strategy that helps them stay resilient and recover quickly from future attacks . Failure to do so will increase the risk of uncoordinated and ineffective response , prolonging the recovery time .
CISOs should work with stakeholders to develop a containment strategy to mitigate the impacts of a ransomware attack . The key objective of this strategy is to reduce the time from the attack to the containment point while limiting the disruption within the business .
CISOs must follow these steps to get started :
• Identify business-critical systems and the business impact .
• Lean heavily on business stakeholders to help identify these crown jewels .
• Assign the level of impact these systems have on the business .
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