Even with backups we've seen companies are more than willing to pay a modest ransom, like the pipeline last month. It takes a long time to fully restore big in

Even with backups we've seen companies are more than willing to pay a modest ransom, like the pipeline last month. It takes a long time to fully restore big infrastructure from backup--especially if it's something like old tapes. But yeah, companies should stop viewing security and IT as a cost center and start paying up for good penetration testing every few years.