Risk Mitigation
What You Don’t Know About Ransomware Can be a Risk
Author(s):
-Dr. Michael C. Redmond, Director of Information Security and Risk Management, Redmond Worldwide (Author)
Bradford P. Meisel, Esq., Associate, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP (Co-author)
Diane D. Reynolds, Partner, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP (Co-author)
Dr. Bernard A. Jones, CBCP, Assistant Professor, St. John’s University (Co-author)
Syed Taha Ahmed Jafri, Information Security Specialist, First Women Bank (Co-author)
Unfortunately, organizations continue to suffer debilitating impacts on operations due to both natural and human-made threats. One human-made threat, which continues to top the list of risks that organizations fear the most, is cybercrime. Cybercrime comes in many different forms, with ransomware specifically cited as the preeminent threat that impacts organizations worldwide. The severe ransomware … Read more


Syed Taha Ahmed Jafri is an IT and Information Security Specialist with over 17 years of fruitful experience. He is currently associated with a commercial bank in an Assistant Vice President grade having the title of Senior Network Architect. He is responsible for strategic IT/IS planning, implementation, and support. With deep technical knowledge, as well as strategic and tactical insights, he has a strong record of success in creating robust and secure IT architectures and infrastructures.