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Tackling cybercrime and ransomware head-on: Disrupting criminal networks and protecting organisations

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  • Laitinen, Marja

    (Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) EMEA, Finland)

  • Armstrong-Smith, Sarah

    (Chief Security Advisor, Microsoft EMEA, UK)

Abstract

This paper provides a look into the current cybercrime trends, fuelled by the ongoing digital transformation and global pandemic, proliferating across organisations of all sizes and posing high socio-economic risk to critical infrastructure and supply chains. Attackers are capitalising on the technological advances, cloud adoption and hybrid working environments through launching targeted and persistent, human-operated ransomware campaigns. A coordinated and sustained effort is required between governments and the private sector to disrupt criminal infrastructures and global networks that cybercriminals rely on to launch and profit from their attacks. Collaboration and partnerships are also required to support organisations with building necessary cybersecurity capability to prevent, detect and respond to ransomware threats, through adopting zero trust principles and architectures by design and default.

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  • Laitinen, Marja & Armstrong-Smith, Sarah, 2022. "Tackling cybercrime and ransomware head-on: Disrupting criminal networks and protecting organisations," Cyber Security: A Peer-Reviewed Journal, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 5(3), pages 190-205, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:csj000:y:2022:v:5:i:3:p:190-205
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    Keywords

    cybercrime; ransomware; law enforcement; organised crime; cyberattacks; cyber security protection; zero trust;
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    JEL classification:

    • M15 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - IT Management

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