Microsoft is a founding member of the Ransomware Task Force

Microsoft, McAfee, and 17 other organizations accept come together to form a Ransomware Task Strength (RTF) (via ZDNet). The new RTF is made upwardly of security firms, tech companies, and non-profits with a shared goal of combatting ransomware. The grouping will work to assess current solutions that people and organizations tin utilise to protect against ransomware attacks.

The RTF volition wait at existing solutions, find security gaps, and piece of work on a roadmap to program a defense against ransomware. The RTF will commission expert papers from a wide range of industries and work with stakeholders as well.

The RTF should yield a standardized framework for handling ransomware attacks. The framework would be based on the input of several organizations, rather than different groups attacking the problem individually.

The founding members of the RTF are:

Aspen Digital
Citrix
The Cyber Threat Alliance
Cybereason
The CyberPeace Institute
The Cybersecurity Coalition
The Global Cyber Alliance
McAfee
Microsoft
Rapid7
Resilience
SecurityScorecard
Shadowserver Foundation
Stratigos Security
Team Cymru
Third Way
UT Austin Stauss Centre
Venable LLP

"Ransomware incidents have been growing unchecked, and this economically destructive cybercrime has increasingly led to dangerous, physical consequences," says the Institute for Security + Engineering science in a web log post. "This crime transcends sectors and requires bringing all affected stakeholders to the tabular array to synthesize a articulate framework of actionable solutions, which is why IST and our coalition of partners are launching this Task Force for a 2-to-three month sprint."

The Ransomware Chore Strength website will launch in January 2022 and volition include its full membership and leadership roles.

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