Emerging Ransomware Trends in Critical Infrastructure: How Proactive Defense Makes a Big Difference
June 2, 2022 – Published on MCCEI’s blog
This blog was authored by Drew Schmitt. Schmitt is the Principal Threat Intelligence Analyst for the GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team (GRIT).
Recently, the GuidePoint Security Research and Intelligence Team (GRIT) published a white paper examining ransomware trends in Q1 of 2022. Specifically, we focused on the overall trends and demonstrated how impactful ransomware is across all industry verticals. In this blog, we partnered with MCCEI to focus on ransomware trends affecting critical infrastructure with an emphasis on the construction sector. Additionally, we review case studies of destructive attacks against critical infrastructure and look at how having proactive defense makes a big difference.
For years, ransomware has been one of the most devastating attacks an organization can encounter, leaving information systems crippled and unable to maintain operations. In recent years, ransomware and other destructive attacks have become more popular against organizations within the critical infrastructure sector. This causes real-world impacts directly affecting citizens across multiple countries, including introduction of supply chain challenges, limiting operations, and various other issues. With so many critical infrastructure entities attacked by ransomware, it can be difficult to maintain a positive outlook for the future of critical infrastructure in a cyber world.
As critical infrastructure, and other sectors of our economy, continue to become more integrated with cyber operations, it becomes imperative that we start to take a proactive defense approach to protect our information and operational technology systems. Through this proactive approach, we can make a difference in how we protect our systems and prevent destructive attacks, like ransomware, from occurring.
For information about ransomware trends across other industry verticals and why threat intelligence matters, download GuidePoint’s recently published White Paper.
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