"#StopRansomware Guide Released by NSA and Partners"

The National Security Agency (NSA) and several partners have released the "#StopRansomware Guide" Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI) to help network defenders protect against malicious cyber actors' evolving ransomware tactics. The US Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) originally released the guidance in 2020, but the new update incorporates additional best practices and recommendations based on operational insight from CISA, MS-ISAC, NSA, and the FBI. Additional recommendations address the prevention of common initial infection vectors, cloud backups, and Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA). CISA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) devised the Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPGs), which these recommended practices align with. The CSI expands the ransomware response checklist to include recommendations for threat hunting and analysis. This article continues to discuss the #StopRansomware Guide. 

NSA reports "#StopRansomware Guide Released by NSA and Partners"