Cybersecurity and IT remain top concerns on the Government Accountability Office’s high-risk list within our digitally connected world. Bad actors no longer need to travel a great physical distance or expend immense resources to achieve disastrous outcomes.
Within this landscape, ransomware is a major threat to the federal government and its ability to utilize its data. When agencies cannot access essential information, it can bring down citizen services, impact productivity or worse yet, compromise critical missions. Recognizing the gravity of these threats, CISA launched a dedicated campaign to help public and private sector organizations tackle ransomware risks, and the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force released a fact sheet designed to better educate the general public about the threat.
To combat ransomware, agencies must acknowledge this threat and take steps to prepare, defend and remediate. Agencies need a strong, multilayered defense system and strategy to address ransomware; one that is composed of increased awareness, implementation and remediation, and modernized solutions. Furthermore, having an ultra-resilient approach to backing up, recovering and restoring data is vital to protect federal networks in the event of an attack.
Awareness is key to preventing ransomware attacks from happening in the first place and the government has taken recent steps to support greater, general understanding of these threats. CISA’s Reduce the Risk of Ransomware Campaign offers best practices, tools, and resources, while the Nati ..
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