Ransomware has evolved from a relatively minor annoyance with negligible costs into a multi-billion-dollar international criminal economy. With the advent of nation-state sponsored support for these evolving campaigns, it’s important to understand the various mitigation options so you never have to rely upon the “honour amongst thieves” in order to recover your data. Based on our research, we will outline where organizations have been successful, and some of the pitfalls others have faced.