Under Ransom: interactive ransomware workshop

Experience the decisions you'll have to make when a ransomware attack becomes reality. A ransomware attack doesn't just affect your IT systems. It disrupts operations, impacts customers, creates difficult financial decisions and puts your leadership team under enormous pressure.

Join Kascade and Arctic Wolf for a free, interactive workshop that puts you at the centre of a realistic ransomware scenario. Working through a fictional cyber-attack, you'll step into the shoes of business leaders responsible for making critical decisions as events unfold.

This isn't a presentation or technical demonstration. It's a hands-on tabletop exercise designed to show what really happens during a ransomware incident, how different departments are affected, and why preparation before an attack is just as important as your response afterwards.

Whether you're responsible for IT, operations, risk or the wider business, you'll leave with practical insight into the challenges organisations face during a cyber crisis and the steps you can take to strengthen your resilience.

Throughout the workshop, you'll work through a realistic ransomware attack as it unfolds, discussing the decisions that need to be made and the consequences each one brings.

Together, we'll explore:

• The reality of a ransomware attack – how it impacts every part of a business, from operations and finances to customers and reputation.
• Leadership under pressure – the difficult decisions organisations face, including incident response, cyber insurance and whether paying a ransom is ever the right choice.
• Building cyber resilience – the practical steps that help organisations prepare, respond and recover more effectively when an attack happens.

By the end of the session, you'll leave with:

• A clearer understanding of what really happens during a ransomware attack and the decisions your organisation may need to make.
• Insight into where your incident response plans could be strengthened and why tabletop exercises are such an effective way to prepare.
• Practical actions you can take to improve your organisation's cyber readiness and resilience.