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NIST Seeking Industry Partners To Help Develop Ransomware Defense Solutions

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, April 30th, 2018

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NIST Seeking Industry Partners To Help Develop Ransomware Defense Solutions

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The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) is looking for industry partners to work on new projects developing ransomware defense solutions for the commercial market. NIST officials released a notice April 27 for interested software companies to inform the agency of their capabilities that could be demonstrated for projects to improve identification and detection from ransomware threats on private sector networks.Selected partners would begin work with NIST’s National Cybersecurity of Excellence (NCCoE) by the end of May, and operate…

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