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Incidents appear to have dropped off since 2021, according to new findings.

Canada is again one of more than two dozen countries meeting in Washington to discuss international co-operation on fighting ransomware. Dubbed the Counter Ransomware Initiative, it is the second closed-door two-day summit on ransomware convened by the United States, but this time representatives of IT companies will be there as well. They include Microsoft, Crowdstrike,

A newly released White House fact sheet highlights national cybersecurity efforts and plans, including around cybersecurity labels for consumer IoT, international ransomware-fighting collaborations and more.

The Federal government’s Joint Ransomware Task Force (JRTF) kicked off its inaugural meeting with a discussion of new initiatives to collaborate with state, local, tribal, and territorial entities to protect against ransomware intrusions and disrupt malicious actors, according to a September 14 press release from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

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Continued collaboration will help win the fight as cybersecurity remains a national priority. International and public-private cooperation is helping stem the damage from ransomware threats and cyberattacks.

The Ransomware Task Force ? which was started in 2021, comprising U.S. government officials, academics and members of think tanks and the private sect

A report released this month by the Ransomware Task Force offers small and medium-sized businesses a series of steps to take to deal with cyberattacks and ransomware.

A report released this month by the Ransomware Task Force offers small and medium-sized businesses a series of steps to take to deal with cyberattacks and ransomware.