Datto has been invited to join the Institute for Security and Technology’s Multi-Sector Ransomware Task Force as a founding member and representing the MSP community.
Datto CISO Ryan Weeks said that governments, enterprises, and SMBs need to approach the serious threat of cyberattacks with the same collaborative concept.
“Working in silos against these sophisticated attackers is no longer an option. Threat actors have built successful businesses exploiting the fragile cyber defenses and recovery practices at many organisations. Only by working together across industries and sectors can we hope to make progress against these threat actors”, Weeks said.
Cyberthreats, particularly ransomware attacks, are a growing concern to organisations across industries and the globe. The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting widespread shift to remote work, combined with the adaptability and sophistication of attacks created a perfect storm for a wide array of threat actors.
Datto CEO Tim Weller said: “We are humbled to be a founding member of the Ransomware Task Force and to work alongside some of the brightest minds in arenas like policy-making, law enforcement, and cyber insurance. We look forward to the conversations ahead, the policies we will influence, and to making cyber resilience more accessible to the MSP community.”
MSPs are on the frontlines of a cyber war, protecting both their own infrastructure and the IT systems of the SMB customers they serve from threats such as ransomware, he said.
