The Chief Data Officer Management Handbook: Set Up and Run an Organization’s Data Supply Chain

© Martin Treder 2020

M. TrederThe Chief Data Officer Management Handbookhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6115-6_21

21. Data Management in Crises

Martin Treder¹ 

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Königswinter, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

 

Figure 21-1

Preparing for crises

Prepare for the crisis

Think the unimaginable

In one of my data roles, my team and I had prepared for any crisis we could imagine. Our computers were full of great tools and data. Then a ransomware attack hit the entire organization. Our company had not been the target, but the ransomware spread into our network. All of our Windows-based systems got infected, and the network went down within minutes.

A team of gifted ...