Security News > 2021 > August > CISA teams up with Microsoft, Google, Amazon to fight ransomware

CISA has announced the launch of Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, a partnership across public and private sectors focused on defending US critical infrastructure from ransomware and other cyber threats.

The new initiative's goal is to allow CISA to develop cyber defense plans in collaboration with federal agencies, SLTT partners, and private sector orgs for national resilience against malicious cyber activity targeting critical infrastructure.

"The industry partners that have agreed to work side-by-side with CISA and our interagency teammates share the same commitment to defending our country's national critical functions from cyber intrusions, and the imagination to spark new solutions," CISA Director Jen Easterly said.

The first industry partners to joint the JCDC include Microsoft, Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, AT&T, Crowdstrike, FireEye Mandiant, Lumen, Palo Alto Networks, and Verizon, with plans to expand with more private sector and SLTT partners from across sectors.

We will:Share insight to shape our understanding of cyber defense challenges and opportunities;Design whole-of-nation cyber defense plans to address risks;Support joint exercises to improve cyber defense operations;Implement coordinated defensive cyber operations.

"In recent months, various major cyber incidents have had an impact on our critical infrastructure community and caused downstream consequences to Americans that rely on it for everyday functions," CISA said today, after announcing JCDC's formation.

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