CyberScoop reports that achieving stronger cybersecurity resilience across critical infrastructure organizations and small- and medium-sized businesses was noted by former Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden to be crucial before implementing a complete ban on ransomware payments. “What we need to do is prepare for the worst — prepare those organizations to be more resilient against ransomware attacks, because a ban on payments is not going to stop the attacks from happening, but it will starve those businesses,”

Source: SC Magazine