Companies are dealing with a spike in cybersecurity disruptions or ransomware attacks impacting global operations. Those concerns have been more pronounced during military operations and, in an increasingly hostile political environment, during presidential election cycles. This article distills insights shared during the Practising Law Institute’s Global Data Protection 2023 program by a panel of government and private-sector experts on recent trends in threat actor behavior, government efforts, mitigation strategies, cyber insurance and board involvement. See our two-part series on lessons from the multinational takedown of Hive ransomware: “A Broad Impact” (Feb. 15, 2023), and “Coordination and Defensive Priorities” (Feb. 22, 2023).