Boosting the Cyber Resilience of our Nation's Institutions
The White House’s ambitious national cyber strategy— which represents a shift away from decades-old voluntary compliance guidelines to a more aggressive regulatory approach of critical infrastructure firms—couldn’t come at a better time. A recent study found that local governments were the organizations least capable of disrupting ransomware attacks, and that they were also among the ransomware victims to pay ransoms most frequently (43% paid a ransom after an incident).