Atlantic Council report proposes developing ‘safe harbor’ framework to address ransomware attacks

A recent report from the Atlantic Council argues for the creation of a “safe harbor” framework to make a “fundamental” change in how ransomware attacks are reported and enhance information sharing.

The finding is based on a series of roundtable discussions with federal officials and tech executives convened by the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center prior to the passage of the mandatory incident reporting law.

“When asked about the concept of mandated reporting (prior to the passage of the Cyber Incident...