Lessons learned from a real-life ransomware attack
To better understand the nuts and bolts of a ransomware attack, we spoke to Ski Kacaroski, a systems administrator who, in 2019, helped pull his school district out of a ransomware nightmare that encrypted crucial data, locked up vital systems, and even threatened employee pay. Kacaroski spoke at length on our Lock and Code podcast, which can be heard in full below, offering several insights for those who may not know the severity of a ransomware attack.
New Federal Government Cybersecurity Incident and Vulnerability Response Playbooks
The White House, via Executive Order (EO) 14028: Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, tasked CISA, as the operational lead for federal cybersecurity, to “develop a standard set of operational procedures (i.e., playbook) to be used in planning and conducting cybersecurity vulnerability and incident response activity” for federal civilian agency information systems. In response, today, CISA published the Federal Government Cybersecurity Incident and Vulnerability Response Playbooks. The playbooks provide federal civilian executive branch (FCEB) agencies with operational procedures for planning and conducting cybersecurity incident and vulnerability response activities.
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