The Ransomware Task Force (RTF) this week published a report detailing recommendations to fight back against the operators and infrastructure that drive ransomware, which its team of experts describes as a "serious national security threat" and "public health and safety concern."
More than 60 people from software companies, security vendors, government agencies, nonprofits, and academic institutions teamed up with the Institute for Security and Technology (IST) to create the RTF, which launched last December. Participants include Microsoft, McAfee, Rapid7, Amazon, Cisco, the Cyber Threat Alliance, the Global Cyber Alliance, US Department of Justice, Europol, and the UK's National Crime Agency, among many others.
In their 81-page report, "A Comprehensive Framework for Action: Key Recommendations from the Ransomware Task Force," experts share proposed guidance to deter ransomware attacks, disrupt its business model, help organizations prepare, and better respond to the global threat.
While other threats, such as business email compromise, also cause tremendous losses for businesses each year, RTF is focusing on ransomware because of its massive impact.
"One of the concerns we have is the scope and scale of ransomware," says Megan Stifel, executive director for the Americas at the Global Cyber Alliance and co-chair of the RTF. "It's holding parts of the ecosystem and the economy at risk, particularly aspects of critical infrastructure, that can give rise to a range of cascading consequences that in some cases individually, or certainly collectively, can create a significant national security problem."
RTF's framework arrives as ransomware attackers continue to evolve their strategies. Ransomware targeted the
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