208 Bringing Tools of National Power to Fight Ransomware

The Institute for Security and Technology recently published a report titled, “Combating Ransomware: A Comprehensive Framework for Action, Key Recommendations from the Ransomware Task Force.” In their words, the report, “details a comprehensive strategic framework for tackling the dramatically increasing and evolving threat of ransomware, a widespread form of cybercrime that in just a few years has become a serious national security threat and a public health and safety concern.” Joining us to discuss the report is Philip Reiner, Chief Executive Officer at The Institute for Security and Technology.

Om Podcasten

The podcast that tells true stories about the people making and breaking our digital world. We take listeners into the world of cyber and intelligence without all the techie jargon. Every Tuesday and Friday, former NPR investigations correspondent Dina Temple-Raston and the team draw back the curtain on ransomware attacks, mysterious hackers, and the people who are trying to stop them.