For Kroll’s new cyber risk practice managing director, if this summer’s high-profile ransomware attacks of local government agencies signify one thing, it’s the evolving economics of cyber warfare. Suffice it to say, it’s a whole new threat out there.

Eric Thompson joined Kroll after founding e-discovery and digital forensics company AccessData in 1987. He stepped down as AccessData’s CEO and CTO in 2012. More recently he co-found Rincon Capital, an investment group.