"Blueprint Builds a 'Common Language' for Ransomware Protection"

A new blueprint developed by the Ransomware Task Force aims to provide the small and medium-sized businesses most vulnerable to ransomware attacks with a "common language" that can help leaders understand what must be done to prevent them. The "Blueprint for Ransomware Defense" includes more than 40 recommendations to help small and medium-sized businesses, as well as state and local governments, protect themselves from ransomware attacks, which are becoming more common. The blueprint arrives as the need for cyber resiliency continues to grow, with enterprises needing to be ready for the next attack amid constantly changing threats. It is based on CIS Controls, aligns with the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework, and aims to assist enterprises in focusing their attention on the critical work required to defend against the most common cyberattacks. The blueprint can help state and local governments, which have come under increasing strain as a result of ransomware attacks, particularly because they are typically in charge of critical infrastructure that hackers want to target. The blueprint's 40 recommended safeguards were carefully chosen not only for their ease of implementation but also for their effectiveness in defending against ransomware attacks, according to Valecia Stocchetti, CIS Controls senior cybersecurity engineer and Blueprint co-author. According to Stocchetti, implementing the blueprint's safeguards would protect against more than 70 percent of ransomware attack techniques. Among other things, the blueprint advises small and medium-sized businesses to obtain cybersecurity insurance and to develop a "cybersecurity framework of specific best practices" that uses new technologies to prevent attacks and makes employees more cyber aware. This article continues to discuss the Ransomware Task Force's Blueprint for Ransomware Defense. 

GCN reports "Blueprint Builds a 'Common Language' for Ransomware Protection"