2 Important Factors
Netenrich‘s Justin Crotty said paying depends on what was compromised.
“Not every asset is the same,” he said. “Not every risk is the same. So it depends on what was compromised and your recoverability from it. I think those are two factors that go into it. Can you recover? If you believe you can, how critical were the assets that were compromised? Was it everything or something less than everything? It’s a hard decision. Everybody would say ‘don’t pay.’ But the reality is sometimes businesses can’t afford not to. It’s tough.”