It's predicted that a ransomware attack will occur every 11 seconds in 2021, and the expected average cost of a ransom? \r\n $84 thousand \r\n However, more is at stake than just your bottom line. From downtime halting operations and disrupting productivity to dealing with the fallout of stolen data, the wide-reaching impact of a successful ransomware attack can be detrimental. \r\n Ransomware has come a long way from its beginnings as a nuisance strain of malware. Bad actors and nation-state hackers have successfully leveraged ransomware to attack organizations of all sizes and across multiple verticals. \r\n There is big money in ransomware, too. Cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging it to encrypt as much of a network as possible as their targets, hoping to extort ransoms ranging from thousands to millions of dollars.…