Guide
Ten Tips for Protecting Your Agency’s Mission-Critical Data From Cyberattacks
This guide outlines ten actionable tactics for government agencies facing ransomware threats. It stresses continuous cyber-awareness training, shared responsibility for cloud data, least-privilege access, and timely patching. It recommends segmenting networks, implementing strong backup and recovery strategies—highlighting the 3-2-1-1-0 rule—modernizing with AIOps for anomaly detection, and conducting regular vulnerability assessments. It also encourages inter-agency collaboration to share threat intelligence and best practices. The document underscores the steep rise in ransomware attacks across federal environments and the need for readiness and resilience.
