Easterly calls ransomware warning pilot program key to fighting against cyber crime

A ransomware warning program stood up by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under a mandate in the 2022 cyber incident reporting law is key to minimizing the impacts of ransomware on critical infrastructure owners and operators, according to CISA Director Jen Easterly.

CISA’s Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot program is “focused on reducing the prevalence of ransomware by using our vulnerability scanning tools to let businesses know if they have vulnerabilities that need to be patched,” Easterly said in a...