A Day in the Life of a Threat Actor Negotiator - Danny Howett, Ankura

The real question isn’t if a cyber-attack will occur but when, and this can pose a fundamental threat to an organization's value.

In this episode of – ‘A day in the life of....’ Lewis Pedley interviews Ankura expert Danny Howett as he offers insight into life as a Threat Actor Negotiator within our incident response team, and the importance of recovering value for our clients as quickly and efficiently as possible. Key themes:

• Ransomware, web-based attacks, and data exfiltration  
• Cybercrime investigations and law enforcement
• Negotiation techniques, traits, and terms
• Threat actors – Dark web – chat platforms
• Understanding threat actor motivations
• Data back-ups, robust cybersecurity plans, and recovery methods