Preparing for future cyber crises: lessons from governance of the coronavirus pandemic

Mott, Gareth; Nurse, Jason R. C.; Baker-Beall, Christopher

doi:10.1080/25741292.2023.2205764

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“…The role of human error and social engineering in the success of ransomware campaigns was emphasized, pointing to the need for comprehensive cybersecurity education and awareness programs [19,20]. Finally, the discussion around ransomware resilience stressed the importance of adopting a multi-layered security approach, combining technological solutions with robust backup and recovery strategies to mitigate the impact of attacks [21,22,23,24,25].…”

Section: Ransomware In Cybersecuritymentioning

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RanAway: A Novel Ransomware-Resilient ReFS File System

Long,

Liang

2024

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Ransomware has emerged as a pervasive threat in the cybersecurity landscape, characterized by its ability to encrypt critical data and demand ransom for its release. Traditional cybersecurity defenses often fall short against sophisticated ransomware attacks due to their reliance on signature-based detection mechanisms and inadequate preventive measures. This paper introduces RanAway, an innovative solution designed to enhance ransomware resilience by leveraging the advanced features of the Microsoft Resilient File System (ReFS). Unlike conventional file systems, ReFS offers enhanced data integrity, automatic error correction, and robust resistance to data degradation—features that are crucial for mitigating the impact of ransomware attacks. RanAway integrates with ReFS to provide real-time monitoring of file system operations, employing heuristic and behavior-based algorithms to detect and prevent ransomware activities effectively. Our findings demonstrate RanAway's significant potential in reducing the risk of ransomware attacks, highlighting its contributions to the field of cybersecurity through innovative use of file system technologies for threat resilience. The deployment of RanAway represents a paradigm shift towards a more integrated and system-level approach in combating ransomware, offering a blueprint for future developments in cybersecurity defenses.

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Section: Ransomware In Cybersecuritymentioning

confidence: 99%

RanAway: A Novel Ransomware-Resilient ReFS File System

Long,

Liang

2024

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‘There was a bit of PTSD every time I walked through the office door’: Ransomware harms and the factors that influence the victim organization’s experience

Mott,

Turner,

Nurse

et al. 2024

Journal of Cybersecurity

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Ransomware is a pernicious contemporary cyber threat for organizations, with ransomware operators intentionally leveraging a range of harms against their victims in order to solicit increasingly significant ransom payments. This article advances current research by engaging in a topical analysis into the depth and breadth of harms experienced by victim organizations and their members of staff. We, therefore, enhance the understanding of the negative experiences from ransomware attacks, particularly looking beyond the financial impact which dominates current narratives. Having conducted an interview or workshop with 83 professionals including ransomware victims, incident responders, ransom negotiators, law enforcement, and government, we identify a wide array of severe harms. For organizations, the risk of business interruption and/or data exposure presents potentially highly impactful financial and reputational harm(s). The victim organization’s staff can also experience a range of under-reported harms, which include physiological and physical harms that may be acute. We also identify factors that can either alleviate or aggravate the experiencing of harms at the organizational and employee level; including ransomware preparedness, leadership culture, and crisis communication. Given the scale and scope of the identified harms, the paper provides significant new empirical evidence to emphasize ransomware’s positioning as a whole-of-organization crisis phenomenon, as opposed to an ‘IT problem’. We argue that the wider discourse surrounding ransomware harms and impacts should be reflective of the nature of the real-term experience(s) of victims. This, in turn, could help guide efforts to alleviate ransomware harms, through improved organizational ransomware preparedness and tailored post-ransomware mitigation.

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Preparing for future cyber crises: lessons from governance of the coronavirus pandemic

Cited by 2 publications

References 35 publications

RanAway: A Novel Ransomware-Resilient ReFS File System

RanAway: A Novel Ransomware-Resilient ReFS File System

‘There was a bit of PTSD every time I walked through the office door’: Ransomware harms and the factors that influence the victim organization’s experience

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