{"id":550781,"date":"2021-06-03T11:50:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T15:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=550781"},"modified":"2021-06-03T11:50:44","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T15:50:44","slug":"white-house-urges-business-leaders-to-implement-prevention-plan-as-ransomware-attacks-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-urges-business-leaders-to-implement-prevention-plan-as-ransomware-attacks-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Urges Business Leaders To Implement Prevention Plan As Ransomware Attacks Continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-urges-business-leaders-to-implement-prevention-plan-as-ransomware-attacks-continue%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=550781&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden\u2019s administration is pushing corporate executives and business leaders to follow various steps in an effort to prevent future ransomware attacks, according to a new memo.<\/p>\n<p>The memo, from Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger, comes after a series of ransomware attacks that have affected America\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe private sector also has a critical responsibility to protect against these threats,\u201d Neuberger wrote in the memo, which was obtained by the Daily Caller from the White House. \u201cAll\u00a0organizations must recognize that no company is safe from being targeted by\u00a0ransomware, regardless of size or location. But there are immediate steps you can take\u00a0to protect yourself, as well as your customers and the broader economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It continues on to list five steps the administration is urging businesses to implement. These steps include backing up data and testing it regularly, updating and patching systems in a timely manner, segmenting networks, checking the work of the security team and testing a company\u2019s incident response plan.<\/p>\n<p>The memo notes that, in addition to U.S. organizations, ransomware attacks have disrupted companies around the world. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/18\/cyber-experts-colonial-pipeline-hack-security-ransom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Cyber Experts Warn Pipeline Hack Could Be Just The Beginning)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7205816\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"37\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7205816\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7205816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233224124-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"A JBS Processing Plant stands dormant after halting operations on June 1, 2021 in Greeley, Colorado. JBS facilities around the globe were impacted by a ransomware attack, forcing many of their facilities to shut down. (Chet Strange\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233224124-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233224124-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233224124-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233224124-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233224124-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233224124-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7205816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A JBS Processing Plant stands dormant after halting operations on June 1, 2021 in Greeley, Colorado. JBS facilities around the globe were impacted by a ransomware attack, forcing many of their facilities to shut down. (Chet Strange\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe urge you to take these critical steps to protect your organizations and the American public. The U.S. Government is working with countries around the world to hold ransomware actors and the countries who harbor them accountable, but we cannot fight the threat posed by ransomware alone,\u201d according to the memo. \u201cThe private sector has a distinct and key responsibility. The federal government\u00a0stands ready to help you implement these best practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also mentioned is Biden\u2019s executive order dubbed \u201cImproving the Nation\u2019s Cybersecurity,\u201d which details the above practices. This executive order \u201cis being implemented with speed and urgency across the Federal Government,\u201d according to the memo.<\/p>\n<p>JBS, the world\u2019s largest meatpacking company, was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/01\/jbs-meat-packing-russian-hacker-cyberattack-cyber-security-meat-prices\/\">targeted<\/a> in a ransomware attack May 30. Prior to that, Colonial Pipeline was targeted in an attack that shut down systems and sparked fuel shortages <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/10\/biden-darkside-colonial-pipeline-shortages-oil-psaki\/\">across<\/a> the Southeast U.S.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/02\/joe-biden-putin-russia-hacking-jbs-colonial-pipeline\/\">said<\/a>\u00a0Wednesday that Biden plans to press Russian President Vladimir Putin on recent hacking attacks, which have been found to have originated from Russia-based groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s administration is pushing corporate executives and business leaders to follow various steps in an effort to prevent future ransomware attacks, according to a new memo.The memo, from &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279059,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233224124-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"White House Urges Business Leaders To Implement Prevention Plan As Ransomware Attacks Continue","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233224124-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"White House Urges Business Leaders To Implement Prevention Plan As Ransomware Attacks Continue","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}