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Case study: ransomware in a 400-person mid-market firm — 72 hours to regain control

How a Virtual CISO contained ransomware, preserved business continuity, and turned the incident into a NIS2/DORA compliance roadmap.…

Étude de cas MiliSec — Virtual CISO

How a Virtual CISO contained ransomware, preserved business continuity, and turned the incident into a NIS2/DORA compliance roadmap.

Contexte

A mid-market services firm (400 staff, £50M turnover) discovers mass encryption on Monday morning. The BCP is activated but IT lacks documented runbooks.

Intervention

The Virtual CISO leads the war room: segmentation, forensics, cyber-insurance activation, documented negotiations with the ransomware gang.

Résultat

72-hour recovery, £0 ransom paid, evidence preserved for ICO/NCSC notifications within NIS2/DORA timelines.

Leçon clé

A tested incident plan and an on-call Virtual CISO cut resolution time by 80 %.

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