06/09/2021

The Role You Play in Stopping Ransomware

This awareness is an opportunity for organizations to collaborate

Many people assume that a cyberattack is orchestrated by a lone wolf or a nation-state hacking into systems that have nothing to do with them. They often assume that their information and systems are not valuable enough to be a target.

The truth is that attackers have built a profitable illicit business model driven by financial gain which means no one is safe if there is money to be made. Ransomware is not going anywhere and will only continue to grow in size, sophistication, and severity without a coordinated, comprehensive, "whole of society" response.

Individuals, small businesses, hospitals, school districts, city governments and countless other organizations are a constant target. The recent ransomware attacks on public infrastructure like Colonial Pipeline — which shut down one of America's largest pipelines creating fear of access to fuel — and large food suppliers like JBS affected operations such that everyone is aware of the vulnerability of our most critical sectors. This awareness is an opportunity for individuals, organizations and the government to work together to combat this growing and evolving threat that endangers our national, domestic and economic security.

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