Security News > 2021 > July > Ransomware: International cooperation is needed to curb these cybersecurity threats, says expert

An attorney with cybersecurity expertise suggests the only way to stop ransomware is for nations to create a global solution.

Ransomware has grown beyond a cybersecurity threat into a global menace.

Fredric Bellamy, an attorney at Dickinson Wright with experience in intellectual-property litigation as well as data privacy and cybersecurity law, believes it is time to instigate international laws authorizing nations to enforce tough responses in order to defeat cybercriminals and ransomware.

"Suggesting that defeating ransomware is a matter of best cybersecurity practices rings hollow in a world in which sophisticated businesses that take cybersecurity seriously-such as technology as well as insurance companies-have been victimized by ransomware attacks," added Bellamy.

Why international cooperation is needed to combat ransomware.

Bellamy is adamant it's time to stop blaming businesses for their inability to protect themselves adequately against ransomware and recognize that this is an international challenge requiring the diplomatic efforts of national leaders to work toward a global solution.

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