On April 21 from 10:00 am-10:45 am, Partner Jennifer Coughlin joins John Farley (Managing Director, Cyber – Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.) in presenting a simulated ransomware attack scenario at ResCon 2022 in New Orleans, LA.

During the simulation, attendees have the opportunity to vote at key decision points of the crisis response as Jennifer and John discuss best practices to mitigate both reputational and financial harm. Attendees also:

• Learn how to respond to a potential ransomware attack;
• Review key strategies for evidence preservation, negotiating with hackers, public relations and retaining outside experts and law enforcement;
• Identify the steps to take decisive action and protect sensitive business information from cyber exposure; and
• Walk away with best practices for prioritizing issues reducing the risk of major business disruption from a ransomware attack.

ResCon is the premier annual international conference on the practice of successful resilience and disaster management in an evolving global environment and is produced in partnership with the National Governors Association (NGA). The 3-day conference will bring a diverse mix of disaster and resilience practitioners to explore profound and powerful topics that impact communities and economies worldwide. For more information, please visit the ResCon 2022 website.