Performing Ransomware Incident Response When to Use - Ransomware encryption detected on one or more endpoints - Ransom note files discovered on file shares or endpoints - File extensions changed to known ransomware variants (.locked, .encrypted, .ryuk, etc.) - Volume Shadow Copies deleted or backup systems targeted - EDR/AV alerts for known ransomware families (LockBit, BlackCat/ALPHV, Cl0p, Royal, Play) Prerequisites - Incident Response Plan with ransomware-specific playbook - Offline/immutable backup infrastructure - EDR platform with ransomware rollback capability - No Ransom (nomoreransom…