CISA Announces Reduce the Risk of Ransomware Campaign

Today the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the Reduce the Risk of Ransomware Campaign, a focused, coordinated and sustained effort to encourage public and private sector organizations to implement best practices, tools and resources that can help them mitigate this cybersecurity risk and threat. “CISA is committed to working with organization at all levels to protect their networks from the threat of ransomware,” said CISA Acting Director Brandon Wales. “Anyone can be the victim of ransomware, and so everyone should take steps to protect their systems,” he added. With this campaign, CISA is working to raise awareness about the importance of combating ransomware as part of an organization’s cybersecurity and data protection best practices. Over the next several months, CISA will use its social media platforms to iterate key behaviors or actions with resource links that can help technical and non-technical partners combat ransomware attacks. As part of the campaign, CISA also advises its partners of its new ransomware webpage, intended to serve as a one-stop resource on this topic. Read the full announcement at CISA.