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Sensei’s VP John Simek Guest On the Insurance Journal’s Podcast
September 29, 2022
Sensei’s VP John Simek, was excited to be a guest on the Insurance Journals’s podcast Insuring Cyber. Hosted by Carrier Management Deputy Editor Elizabeth Blosfield, The Insuring Cyber Podcast is a bi-monthly look into how the world of cyber and the business of insurance are connected.
EP. 47: How to Avoid Being a ‘Sitting Duck’ During a Disaster-Related Ransomware Attack
Excerpt:
Atlantic Hurricane Season, which runs from June 1 through November 30, had a slow start this year but has begun ramping up as Hurricane Fiona made its way across the Atlantic last week and brought with it damage across Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Turks and Caicos.
However, one big challenge with these types of incidents is the ability to actually determine their cause. This is because when a system, such as an electrical grid or water system, goes down during a natural disaster, it can be easy to attribute the cause to the disaster itself rather than to cyber criminals.
“It is difficult to determine, certainly from an IT perspective,” said John Simek, vice president of IT service provider Sensei Enterprises, later in this episode. “How you combat those attacks might be a little bit different if it’s a cyber criminal versus something that happens naturally where the network goes down.”
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