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Cyber

CISA Launches Ransomware Vulnerability Pilot

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 14th, 2023

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CISA Launches Ransomware Vulnerability Pilot

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday said it has created a new pilot program that leverages existing authorities to identify networks that have security vulnerabilities commonly associated with ransomware attacks and will notify system owners of their vulnerabilities. The Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot (RVWP) was authorized in the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) of 2022, which became law in March 2022, and was stood up on Jan. 30. The goal is of the RVWP…

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