NCSC shares updated guidance on mitigating malware and ransomware attacks

NCSC shares updated guidance on mitigating malware and ransomware attacks


Plan for your organisation to become the victim of a ransomware or malware attack, even if you think it's extremely unlikely you'll be targeted because having an incident response plan will greatly reduce the impact if the worst happens.


The advice is part of the National Cyber Security Centre's (NCSC) updated guidance on mitigating malware and ransomware attacks under a new section on preparing for an incident. The guidance has been updated because of what the NCSC describes as "a growing threat from ransomware attacks".


One of the key pieces of advice is to plan for an attack on your systems even if you think it's unlikely, because as the agency notes, there are many organisations which have been impacted by malware as collateral damage, even when they weren't the intended target.


For example, both the WannaCry and NotPetya cyber attacks caused damage to organisations around the world who weren't specifically being targeted by hackers.


To ensure that an organisation is as prepared for an attack as possible, the first thing they should do is identity their critical assets and what the impact would be if they were disrupted by a malware attack – then develop and incident response plan which accounts for what should happen if there is an attack.


The NCSC says that a well planned and executed response will help to minimise the damage caused by a cyber attack and could result in anything from restricting the amount of data lost to being able to minimise public fallout after fa ..

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