CISA’s CSET Tool Sets Sights on Ransomware Threat 06/30/2021
12:45 PM EDT Original release date: June 30, 2021 CISA has released a new module in its
Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (CSET): the Ransomware Readiness Assessment
(RRA). CSET is a desktop software tool that guides network defenders through
a step-by-step process to evaluate their cybersecurity practices on their
networks. CSET—applicable to both information technology (IT) and industrial
control system (ICS) networks—enables users to perform a comprehensive
evaluation of their cybersecurity posture using many recognized government
and industry standards and recommendations. The RRA is a self-assessment based on a
tiered set of practices to help organizations better assess how well they are
equipped to defend and recover from a ransomware incident. CISA has tailored
the RRA to varying levels of ransomware threat readiness to make it useful to
all organizations regardless of their current cybersecurity maturity. The
RRA:
CISA strongly encourages all
organizations to take the CSET Ransomware Readiness Assessment, available at https://github.com/cisagov/cset/. T |