The Financial Toll of Ransomware on Government Agencies
Ransomware attacks on government agencies don’t just disrupt operations—they come with significant financial consequences.
Join Ricoh Canada as we moderate an exclusive discussion with a cybersecurity expert from our trusted partner, BullWall, along with Luke Timm from the City of Kelowna, to understand the real implications that ransomware attacks will have on your organization and the strategies municipalities can use to improve their response plans. Learn how governments can strengthen their defenses, minimize downtime, and protect public funds without relying on reactive, high-cost recovery efforts.
Join to explore:
- The financial risks government agencies face from ransomware and why prevention alone isn’t enough.
- How a containment-first approach can drastically reduce recovery costs and operational downtime.
- Real-world insights from the City of Kelowna on building cyber resilience and securing public resources
SPEAKERS
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Richard Hyde
IT Manager
30+Years in business information technology
Richard is a strategic and design lead in Ricoh’s Professional Services division supporting Government and Commercial Accounts. Richard develops in-depth working partnerships with key and strategic customers at all levels (staff, managers, C-level) to support customers’ business objectives and risk management strategies. Richard s an SME (Subject Matter Expert) for many of Ricoh’s solutions such as enterprise scanning, Enterprise Content Records Management Systems, and Business Process Optimization & Workflow.
He has extensive experience working within Public Service, First Nation Government, Manufacturing, Retail and Financial verticals implementing enterprise software solutions and providing professional services. Richard focuses on delivering positive business outcomes, efficiencies, risk mitigation and automation of business processes to his customers. -
Luke Timm
Infrastructure Systems Manager
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Morten Gammelgard
Executive VP of Sales
Morten Gammelgard has over 20 years of experience in the software and hardware industries. He currently serves as Global EVP, Sales and Operations at BullWall and has guided the company to four consecutive years of doubling revenue growth and profitability. He has worked with customers across all verticals, from niche to top 500 companies, including Verizon, Sun Life, IBM, VMware, Dell, and Shell. Morten is a co-founder at BullWall, a company laser-focused on providing companies with a reliable and innovative solution to contain ransomware outbreaks the moment illegitimate encryptions start to corrupt the data – hence mitigating the disruption, damage, and high costs usually associated with falling victim to ransomware when all other defenses has failed.
