A local TV station had the story in February 2016: a Lubbock, Tex., commercial printing business called Caprock Business Forms had been knocked offline by ransomware. Two years later they closed up shop and the assets were auctioned. Coincidence? Colorado Timberline, an apparel printing business abruptly closed in mid-September 2018 after reporting that its systems were encrypted by ransomware. The firm had recently been acquired by two private equity firms who saw a good opportunity to make money. Regrettably, so did the ransomware pirates.

This summer saw reports that Xerox in July and Canon in August may have been hit by the MAZE ransomware gang. Clearly, every size business must have a plan to deal with cyber risk.

You have managed and you are managing through the unthinkable. Your teams have found ways to work from home and still be productive. Your business has taken a punch, but you are still in the ring. Unfortunately, your attack surface now extends to every device a given employee may use to access your networks.