“The key is being prepared. Awareness of your workforce, having effective technical controls and integrating ransomware attacks in your organisation’s incident response and disaster recovery plans.” – Prof. Helge Janicke – Deputy CEO and Research Director Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (Australia)
Source: Medtech Dive
About Helge Janicke:
Professor Helge Janicke is the Research Director of the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre. He is affiliated with Edith Cowan University and holds a visiting Professorship in Cyber Security at De Montfort University (DMU), UK. Prof. Janicke’s research interests are in the area of cyber security, in particular with applications in critical infrastructures using cyber-physical systems, SCADA and Industrial Control Systems.
His current research investigates the application of Agile Techniques to Cyber Incident Response in Critical Infrastructure, Managing Human Errors that lead to Cyber Incidents, and research on Cyber warfare and Cyber peacekeeping. Prof. Janicke established DMU’s Cyber Technology Institute and its Airbus Centre of Excellence in SCADA Cyber Security and Forensics Research.
He was the Head of School of Computer Science at DMU before taking up his current position. He founded the International Symposium on Industrial Control System Cyber Security Research (ICS-CSR) and has contributed more than 150 peer reviewed articles and conference papers to the field from his collaborative research with industry partners such as Airbus, BT, Deloitte, Rolls-Royce, QinetiQ, and General-Dynamics.
