Nizich Shares Cybersecurity Expertise
, director of the ETIC and adjunct associate professor of computer science, lent his cybersecurity expertise to 鈥檚 ongoing coverage of the Suffolk County ransomware attack. The article discusses whether Suffolk County would have benefitted from paying the $2.5 million ransom demanded by the hackers. Nizich advises that he generally opposes the notion of paying cyber ransoms and that organizations that do pay tend to be those without a business plan to address these situations. 鈥淚 do not recommend it, but I also know there are situations where you have no other choice,鈥� he said.