The Evolution of Ransomware for Government Agencies

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Financially motivated transnational criminal groups, primarily operating out of eastern Europe, Russia, and Iran have found ransomware to be a powerful tool for profit generation. The targeting of U.S. state and municipal governments, healthcare institutions, critical infrastructure providers, and our nation’s universities coupled with the rise of big game hunting, ransomware as a service, and increased collaboration between adversarial state intelligence services and criminal groups increases the salience of this issue. Agencies across the Department of Justice, Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and SOCs throughout the federal government have equities in understanding the threats.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Joshua Shapiro

Public Sector Intel SME, CrowdStrike

Joshua leads the Strategic Threat Advisory Group’s federal operations where he helps US Government customers operationalize cyber threat intelligence to support intelligence analysis, operations, planning, and training. He specializes in creating, implementing, and scaling bespoke analytical tools, tradecraft, and processes to accelerate client operations and enhance intelligence capabilities. Prior to CrowdStrike, Joshua worked at a top consulting firm’s federal intelligence practice where he stood up and led operationally-focused analytical programs at federal government agencies. Joshua served as a trusted advisor to leaders at federal law enforcement agency headquarters and multi-agency operational coordination and intelligence fusion centers.