Agenda

Ransomware threats don’t discriminate. And as the industry’s leading provider of data resilience solutions, we’ve seen it all here at Veeam. Public sector organizations are just as likely to be targeted as those in the private sector, and the stakes can be even higher. Veeam’s latest Ransomware Trends Report exposes critical vulnerabilities and highlights why relying solely on backups is no longer enough to ensure resilience. In this session, Senior Systems Engineer Benjamin Petersen will unpack the most common oversights that leave organizations — government, education, healthcare, and beyond — exposed to cyberthreats, especially when backups become an overlooked back door in your security strategy.

Drawing from real-world incidents and hard-earned lessons, Benjamin will share what he wishes every IT professional knew before facing a ransomware or security breach event. You’ll leave with actionable insights, practical guidance, and research-backed recommendations to help you strengthen your data resilience. Whether you’re securing sensitive public sector data or safeguarding private enterprise information, this session will equip you to prepare for tomorrow’s threats today.

• Key controls and governance processes that form the bedrock of every high-functioning cybersecurity program
• Practical playbooks and frameworks you can adopt to scale quickly and build maturity while still responding to daily fires
• How to align program structure to business context—whether you’re supporting healthcare, public sector, or private enterprise
• Common pitfalls to avoid when building a program while running it (hint: it’s more common than you think)

We often talk about threats in terms of dollars lost, data stolen, or headlines made. But the real threat lives deeper—in the structure, the strategy, and the growing ambition of the actors behind the screen. Today’s cybercriminals don’t just encrypt files; they build economies, launder, influence, and forge alliances that stretch across borders and industries. In this talk, we’ll peel back the layers of modern cybercrime and explore how loosely affiliated hackers have evolved into organized syndicates. These groups operate more like multinational corporations than rogue disruptors—complete with HR departments, recruitment pipelines, insider relationships, and state protections.