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CISA launches ransomware notification effort with support from Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative

By Sara Friedman / March 23, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has announced a new initiative to inform entities that are vulnerable to a ransomware attack in advance, based on intelligence gathered through the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative.

The “Pre-Ransomware Notification Initiative” allows CISA “to warn organizations that ransomware actors have gained initial access to their networks,” the agency said today in a blog post. “These early warnings can enable victims to safely evict the ransomware actors from their networks before the actors have...


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