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by ashleyn 30 days ago
Another way to view this calculation: if you keep your infrastructure secure and up to date, you (very likely) don't have to pay any ransom in the first place.
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There is a line where the ransom price beats the capex of keeping a secure system, specially when the risk so nebulous

Kind of like the recall math auto makers do to see if it's more expensive to actually recall a manufacturing problem, or just deal with it and compensate those who seek it personally