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November 29, 2025

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Nonprofit ransomware task force updates defense blueprint to align with CSF 2.0 functions

By Sara Friedman / November 10, 2025

A nonprofit Ransomware Task Force led by the Institute for Security and Technology has updated a blueprint to assist organizations with their ransomware defense, with changes to align the document with version 2.0 of the NIST cybersecurity framework and new considerations for small businesses.

RTF and IST initially published their Blueprint for Ransomware Defense in 2022 to provide small and medium-sized enterprises an “actional framework to defend against the most common attacks,” according to a Nov. 6 blog post...


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