Seriously Risky Business Newsletter
October 14, 2021
Srsly Risky Biz: Thursday, October 14
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Policy & Intelligence
Your weekly dose of Seriously Risky Business news is written by Tom Uren, edited by Patrick Gray and supported by the Cyber Initiative at the Hewlett Foundation, AustCyber and founding corporate sponsors CyberCX and Proofpoint.
The Biden White House's ransomware summit kicked off today and it wasn't the empty stunt we expected it to be.
We had been wondering what prompted officials from the Netherlands, UK and Australia to signal a more aggressive, military and intelligence agency-backed response to the ransomware threat, and now we know: They were sharpening up their policy positions ahead of the White House-coordinated meeting.