The recent ransomware attacks are a call to action for boards

It has been a busy few months. The WannaCry ransomware attack made big news in May, raising a lot of antennas. Everybody waited for more shoes to drop from the leaked NSA hacking tools ransomware imageand indeed more attacks came. The Petya ransomware variant (AKA “NotPetya”) caused significant damage to global companies. These attacks are the next level in a series of events over the past year that need to be a call to action for corporate directors charged with overseeing the health of their companies.