April 4, 2023 By Pieter Arntz
CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) has published the first results of its pre-ransomware notifications that were introduced at the start of 2023.
Even though this initiative is relatively young, CISA says it has notified over 60 entities across the energy, healthcare, water/wastewater, education, and other sectors about potential pre-ransomware intrusions, and we’ve confirmed that many of them identified and remediated the intrusion before encryption or data loss occurred.
In order to develop the pre-ransomware notifications, CISA established the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) to "unify cyber defenders from organizations worldwide". The team proactively gathers, analyzes, and shares actionable cyber risk information.
The success of the operation relies on a few key factors: