Ransomware Protection Playbook

Acknowledgments

I want to start by thanking Jim Minatel, my Wiley acquisitions editor. We've been together for at least four books now. Jim always figures out the right book for us to write at the right moment and brings together the rest of the talented team to make it happen. I want to thank the rest of my production team, including project manager Brad Jones, managing editor Pete Gaughan, Sacha Lowenthal, Saravanan Dakshinamurthy, Kim Wimpsett, and tech editor Aaron Kraus. I didn't know Aaron before this project, but I now know he's a rock star. He's one of the best tech editors I've ever had. Brad was just perfect in tempo and responsiveness.

Special thanks to Anjali Camara, M.S., M.A., partner, and cyber practice leader for Connected Risk Solutions. She took time out from her PhD work to educate me on cybersecurity insurance issues and the big changes in the industry that ended up becoming a whole chapter. Special thanks for my multidecade friend, Gladys Rodriguez, Microsoft principal cybersecurity consultant for the information she gave me on recovering Microsoft environments and is usually the smartest person in the room on any Microsoft technology subject she's interested in.

I have to thank my KnowBe4 co-workers, starting with Erich Kron. It was his early ransomware slide decks I viewed when first learning about newer breeds of ransomware many years ago. I stand on his shoulders. My friend and co-worker, James McQuiggan, was my constant sounding board, and is great ...