After more than two decades, malware attacks have started to hit the corporate bottom line and to show significant losses in quarterly earnings reports. As a result, last spring's viral ransomware attacks are causing organizations today to take another look at their current security and therefore may offer a silver lining. Yoran said the 2017 ransomware attacks didn't have to be so bad. As damaging as the attacks where for some, they may have had a positive effect for others. "Cyber risk and technology risk are a core components of business risk today," Yoran said.

Source: Forbes November 22, 2017 17:15 UTC