Cybercriminals are financially motivated \r\n It’s well-known that sophisticated cybercriminals are financially motivated. Given the eye-popping amounts organizations pay to restore systems and data, ransomware continues to dominate headlines. But organizations that process consumer and payment card industry (PCI) data need to worry about a lot more than ransomware; they need to be ready for any form of attack that could enable malicious actors to access sensitive information. \r\n To meet a standard of security in the PCI space, enterprises have traditionally deployed IT controls that comply with the payment card industry data security standard (PCI-DSS) to ensure they have strong access controls, vulnerability assessment, file integrity monitoring, log monitoring, antivirus features, and other controls. These controls work well for more conventional conditions.…