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The Cloud Won't Save You from Ransomware Here's What Will | SANS Cloud Security Webcast

The Cloud Won't Save You from Ransomware Here's What Will | SANS Cloud Security Webcast

Source: YouTube · SANS Cloud Security · published Feb 24, 2025 · 1:00:34

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The cloud is not a silver bullet against ransomware; organizations must implement specific security controls and mitigations to effectively protect their infrastructure 0:01-0:08.

Key Takeaways:
• The presenter, Brandon Evans, introduces the topic by clarifying that relying solely on cloud services does not guarantee protection from ransomware attacks 0:01-0:10.
• Evans highlights his credentials as a SANS Institute instructor and lead author of SEC 510, noting that the webcast content is derived from this cloud security course 0:13-0:27.
• The session agenda includes a high-level overview of the topic, followed by a deep dive into specific ransomware techniques and their corresponding mitigations 0:33-0:42.

While the cloud offers scalability, it does not inherently prevent ransomware; proactive security strategies are essential for defense.

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  • 0:01 Introduction to the webcast topic.
  • 0:13 Presenter background and course reference.
  • 0:33 Overview of the webcast agenda.

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hello everyone and welcome to this webcast on how the cloud will not save you from ransomware and here's some things you can do to help you get saved from ransomware my name is Brandon Evans I'm a certified instructor here at the Sans Institute as well as an independent consultant as well as the lead author for SEC 510 Cloud security controls and mitigations of which a lot of this content comes from so if you like this webcast you might like the course and I'll talk to you a little bit more about that at the end of this webcast so the itinerary for this webcast is we're going to talk about the topic at a very high level we're then going to talk about some ransomware techniques and mitigations for those techniques and I'm really excited to share with you one of those techniques because it w…