BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251206T141811Z UID:7403B075-8233-4103-8B6E-D5455EED40E2 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T210000 DESCRIPTION:Ransomware is no longer a theoretical threat\, it’s a billion -dollar ecosystem driven by sophisticated criminal networks and geopolitic al influence. In this session\, Ensar Seker\, CISO and VP of Research at S OCRadar\, takes attendees inside the modern ransomware economy\, revealing how threat actors operate\, negotiate\, and evolve. Drawing from real-wor ld cases\, Ensar will break down the phases of attacks\, how organizations respond under pressure\, and what defenders have learned from years of ha rd-fought incidents.\n\nTopics Overview\n\n- The evolution of ransomware: from lockerware to Ransomware-as-a-Service\n- Inside a ransomware negotiat ion: tactics\, deception\, and digital psychology\n- Lessons learned from major global campaigns (2020-2025)\n- The rise of data extortion and multi -vector ransomware\n- Prevention and resilience: what actually works in 20 25\n- Future outlook: AI-driven ransomware and defense automation\n\nWho C an Benefit from this Webinar\n\n- Cybersecurity professionals\, CISOs\, an d SOC leaders\n- IT risk and compliance officers\n- Law enforcement and po licy professionals\n- Students or researchers in computer security and inc ident response\n\nExpected Outcomes\n\n- Understand the full ransomware li fecycle and negotiation dynamics\n- Learn proven strategies to build ranso mware-resilient architectures\n- Gain insights into current threat actor b ehaviors and trends\n- Be able to evaluate their organization’s readines s and incident response maturity\n\nSpeaker(s): \, Ensar\n\nAgenda: \n7:00 - 7:10 PM Introductions\n\n7:10 PM - 8:45 Ransomeware Unmasked: Lessons f rom the Front Lines\n\n8:45PM - 9:00 PM Q & A\n\nVirtual: https://events.v tools.ieee.org/m/517213 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/517213 ORGANIZER:wdblair@ieee.org SEQUENCE:20 SUMMARY:Ransomware Unmasked: Lessons from the Front Lines URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/517213 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Ransomware is no longer a theoretical thre at\, it&rsquo\;s a billion-dollar ecosystem driven by sophisticated crimin al networks and geopolitical influence. In this session\, Ensar Seker\, CI SO and VP of Research at SOCRadar\, takes attendees inside the modern rans omware economy\, revealing how threat actors operate\, negotiate\, and evo lve. Drawing from real-world cases\, Ensar will break down the phases of a ttacks\, how organizations respond under pressure\, and what defenders hav e learned from years of hard-fought incidents.</p>\n<p><strong>Topics Over view</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>The evolution of ransomware: from lockerware to Ransomware-as-a-Service</li>\n<li>Inside a ransomware negotiation: tact ics\, deception\, and digital psychology</li>\n<li>Lessons learned from ma jor global campaigns (2020-2025)</li>\n<li>The rise of data extortion and multi-vector ransomware</li>\n<li>Prevention and resilience: what actually works in 2025</li>\n<li>Future outlook: AI-driven ransomware and defense automation</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Who Can Benefit from this Webinar</stro ng></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cybersecurity professionals\, CISOs\, and SOC leaders</ li>\n<li>IT risk and compliance officers</li>\n<li>Law enforcement and pol icy professionals</li>\n<li>Students or researchers in computer security a nd incident response</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Expected Outcomes</strong></p >\n<ul>\n<li>Understand the full ransomware lifecycle and negotiation dyna mics</li>\n<li>Learn proven strategies to build ransomware-resilient archi tectures</li>\n<li>Gain insights into current threat actor behaviors and t rends</li>\n<li>Be able to evaluate their organization&rsquo\;s readiness and incident response maturity</li>\n</ul>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agen da: <br /><p>7:00 - 7:10 PM Introductions</p>\n<p>7:10 PM - 8:45 Ransomewa re Unmasked: Lessons from the Front Lines</p>\n<p>8:45PM - 9:00 PM Q &amp\ ; A</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR