Within 24 hours of the ransom note’s receipt, the chief information security officer (CISO), his team of IT experts, and the digital forensics examiner feel confident the breach has been contained. The attacker has been isolated, and there is no more lateral movement on the Vulnerable Electric (VE) network.

Aly McDevitt is Data & Research Journalist at Compliance Week. She has a background in education and college consulting. Prior to teaching, she was an editor/author at Thomson Reuters, where she reported...