There are 5 main core functions of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover. Let’s focus on the importance of the core function of Protection. 

On May 7th, Colonial Pipeline was forced to shut down operations as a result of a ransomware attack. The shutdown lasted until May 12th and the effects of the shutdown were felt long after. Colonial Pipeline supplies 2.5 million barrels of fuel daily to the southeastern US....

The Kaseya attack was a zero-day exploit attack that took down the servers that are used to provide VSA SaaS (Virtual System/Server Administrator Software as a Service). The VSA SaaS software then infected and locked down the computers running the software. This attack...