Organizations typically consider two figures when attempting to calculate the cost of a ransomware attack: the ransom demand and the cost of recovering data. But more goes into restoring a system than those two factors, judging from the recovery efforts organizations mounted following recent ransomware attacks. Temporary staff increases, consulting services and lost business productivity and revenue are a few of the other considerations that security executives need to keep in mind. To help determine the true cost of a ransomware attack, we reviewed a few to find out how much was spent on getting networks back online and what other expenses businesses incurred as a result of the attack.
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