The dependence on information technologies in a connected world, added to the fact that companies increase their digital surface every day, do not invest in cybersecurity and gaps are opened with remote work, has generated a progression in cases of cyberattacks.So, when a cyberattack occurs, criminals demand millionaire ransoms for business information, but according to Stefanini Group, one of the largest global cybersecurity consultancies, 90% of organizations that give in to this extortion do not receive the stolen information.“Most companies in the world have faced cyberattacks, where only in Latin America and the Caribbean there were more than 7 billion attempts in 2021, framed in a trend where ransoms paid are increasing and also the corporate silence so as not to unleash worse consequences”, assures Ariel Pizzo, Head of Cybersecurity Latam at Stefanini Group.But the scenario becomes even more complex when, according to Pizzo, it is known that on average 46% of companies pay ransom to cybercriminals, and 90% of them never receive their information again, which ends up being duplicated or resold.Losses in information rescueIt is estimated, according to IBM's Cost of a Data Breach 2022 Report, that worldwide the average cost of ransomware, excluding the ransom, is US$4.54 million and about US$800,000 are paid for this issue.In addition, according to SonicWall, a leading specialist in ransomware threat intelligence, in its Cyber ​​Threats 2022 report, Colombia is already in the top 10 of the most attacked countries with 11 million threats in 2021.Even digging deeper, it becomes clear that the country has a five-year deficit in cybersecurity, according to the Stefanini Group, and suffers, as happens in the global business scenario, an increase in the volume of this ransomware, increased by more than 1,885% in government, 755% in health care, 152% in education and 21% in retail, mainly due to mobile virtual wallets.“Added to the disinvestment problem is the fact that companies do not have qualified professionals to be able to stop cyberattacks, there is no correlation with the events, nor is there adequate response capacity and, furthermore, training them not only requires important investment, but it takes time”, assures Ariel Pizzo, from Stefanini Group Latam.For this reason, even for SMEs it is convenient to have advice from a company specialized in cybersecurity that allows them to adequately respond to these attacks, with plans that are consistent with their billing, allowing them to secure their critical information, databases, bank accounts and website. ."In addition, in terms of the necessary investment, it is a service that costs 1/10 of what they would have to take out at the time of a cyber attack," emphasizes Ariel Pizzo.That said, and although it seems illogical for a company not to pay a ransom when faced with a cyberattack, with the consequent theft of information, Ariel Pizzo assures that 90% of companies that pay a ransom lose that money because they do not recover the information anymore. sometimes they have to pay twice or more for it;so it is advisable not to pay said ransom.“That is why, as a specialized company, we accompany companies not only to recover what was stolen from them, entering cybercriminal platforms with powerful strategies and technologies to rescue information, but we also verify the copies on the black market and eliminate them, nipping the root of the problem”, suggests the Stefanini Group specialist.Our portfolio of services is: