It is widely recognised that good basic security hygiene measures will reduce the impact or likelihood of a Ransomware attack significantly, e.g., maintaining regular patching of critical systems or ensuring that systems and data recovery processes are in place.
If your business is in the financial sector, you may already be aware of the FCA rules coming into effect on 31/03/2022 regarding Operational Resilience. This will be a challenge, but I always look at the introduction of new rules and regulations as an opportunity. When trying to decide where to invest limited funds and resources into new security controls, the introduction of new mandatory rules is one of the best drivers for prioritisation of those resources or potentially securing more.