Tech giants Google, Amazon, and Microsoft Join US Cyber defense team to fight Ransomware
By MYBRANDBOOK
The ransomware attacks are increasing in frequency, victim losses are skyrocketing, and hackers are shifting their targets. The U.S. government has formed a team with the help of tech companies, including Amazon, Microsoft and Google, to bolster the country’s critical infrastructure defenses against cyber threats after a string of high-profile attacks.
The Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative team will initially focus on combating ransomware and cyberattacks on cloud-computing providers, said Jen Easterly, director of the agency, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security. The aim is to improve defense planning and information sharing between government and the private sector.
With these extraordinarily capable partners, our initial focus will be on efforts to combat ransomware and developing a planning framework to coordinate incidents affecting cloud service providers," said CISA director Jen Easterly.
US President Joe Biden last week expressed concern about the recent increase in cyberattacks, including via ransomware, which typically see hackers encrypting victims' data and then demanding money for restored access. If we end up in a war, a real shooting war, with a major power, it's going to be as a consequence of a cyber breach," Biden said.
Easterly introduced the new collaborative at a Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, where professionals from across the industry met to share research and innovations. Damages from cybercrime is costing the world trillions; and ransomware has become a scourge," Easterly said in a keynote presentation at the event.
I want to focus on strengthening the government's collaboration with the private sector -- industry, academia, researchers, hackers. The new center will be involved in coordinating national cyber defense and sharing insights into threats, as well as take part in joint exercises, according to CISA.
The list shows there are corporates signed on includes Amazon Web Services, AT&T, Crowdstrike, FireEye, Google, and Microsoft.
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