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IST Contributes to the International Counter Ransomware Initiative Summit for the Fourth Consecutive Year: Exercises, Workshops, and Private Sector Advisory Panel

IST Contributes to the International Counter Ransomware Initiative Summit for the Fourth Consecutive Year: Exercises, Workshops, and Private Sector Advisory Panel

Over the last four years, IST has been a critical partner to the International Counter Ransomware Initiative's coalition of governments and other key partners in their effort to coordinate global actions against ransomware. This October, IST’s Steve Kelly, Elizabeth Vish, and Gigi Flores Bustamante joined the CRI’s fifth summit in Singapore to deliver IST’s research on public-private partnerships to combat cybercrime.

counter ransomware initiative, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, international collaboration, Public-private partnerships, Ransomware, Singapore, TTX

December 10, 2025

Scaling Disruption: What the Next Cyber Strategy Must Get Right

Scaling Disruption: What the Next Cyber Strategy Must Get Right

What should be prioritized in the White House’s forthcoming National Cyber Strategy? In an op-ed for Claroty Nexus, Megan Stifel outlined what the next strategy must get right in order to safeguard citizens and maintain America's global leadership.

cybersecurity, disruption, National Cybersecurity Strategy, operational collaboration, PPPs, Public-private partnerships, White House

December 2, 2025

Exercise VEIL STORM I: After Action Report

Exercise VEIL STORM I: After Action Report

In partnership with Europol, the Institute for Security and Technology and the Ransomware Task Force’s International Engagement Working Group designed and delivered Exercise VEIL STORM I, a tabletop exercise focused on operational collaboration across international law enforcement agencies and private sector firms in responding to cyber incidents. This after-action report summarizes the proceedings and key takeaways of the exercise.

cyber insurance, cybersecurity, disruption, Europol, information sharing, operational collaboration, public-private collaboration, Public-private partnerships, Ransomware

July 23, 2025

Q&A: Reflecting on IST’s Mission in Action

Q&A: Reflecting on IST’s Mission in Action

In the February 2025 newsletter, on the heels of recent gatherings of the world's most prominent technology and policy leaders, members of IST leadership reflected on what they heard, what seems to be missing from global dialogue, and what IST can do about it.

AI, critical infrastructure, cyber, cybersecurity, Munich Cyber Security Conference, Paris Peace Forum, Public-private partnerships, Ransomware, WEF

February 28, 2025

Q&A: IST at the International Counter Ransomware Initiative

Q&A: IST at the International Counter Ransomware Initiative

In this month’s edition of The TechnologIST, we sat down with Ransomware Task Force colleagues Future of Digital Security Associate Trevaughn Smith, Deputy Director for Digital Security Taylor Grossman, Senior Director for International Cyber Engagement Elizabeth Vish, and Chief Strategy Officer and RTF Executive Director Megan Stifel to learn about the Ransomware Task Force's ongoing support for the International Counter Ransomware Initiative.

CRI, cybersecurity, Public-private partnerships, Ransomware

October 25, 2024

IST joins the Public-Private Sector Advisory Panel of the Counter Ransomware Initiative

IST joins the Public-Private Sector Advisory Panel of the Counter Ransomware Initiative

This week, IST was honored to participate in the 2024 International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI), the fourth annual gathering of the world’s largest partnership to combat the threat of ransomware on a global scale. In our third year of participation, we are pleased to share that we are a member of the newly-launched Public-Private Sector Advisory Panel and to have joined fellow Advisory Panel members in formally addressing CRI members about the value of collaboration with industry in meeting the urgent need to combat ransomware.

announcements, counter ransomware initiative, Public-private partnerships, Ransomware, RTF

October 3, 2024

Why I support Microsoft’s call on Protecting the Public from Abusive AI-Generated Content

Why I support Microsoft’s call on Protecting the Public from Abusive AI-Generated Content

Chief Trust Officer Steve Kelly writes to express his support for the Microsoft white paper on policies to protect people from from abusive AI-generated content.

artificial intelligence, deepfakes, genAI, Public-private partnerships

July 30, 2024

Public Private Partnerships to Combat Ransomware: An inquiry into three case studies and best practices

Public Private Partnerships to Combat Ransomware: An inquiry into three case studies and best practices

IST, in collaboration with the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise and in support of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative, examines three existing public-private partnerships to combat ransomware: Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), the United States Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC), and the Institute for Security and Technology’s Ransomware Task Force (RTF). What challenges did they face? What does an ideal public-private partnership look like?

CISA, cyber, EC3, European Cybercrime Centre, JCDC, Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, PPPs, Public-private partnerships, Ransomware

March 27, 2024

IST Partners with the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise to Research Public-Private Cyber Partnerships

IST Partners with the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise to Research Public-Private Cyber Partnerships

As the Institute for Security and Technology continues to engage in cross-sector efforts to combat ransomware through the Ransomware Task Force, we are excited to launch a new research initiative in collaboration with the Global Forum for Cyber Expertise (GFCE).

EC3, JCDC, Public-private partnerships, Ransomware, RTF

September 29, 2023

Scaling What’s Successful: Discussions on Countering Ransomware at the Paris Peace Forum

Scaling What’s Successful: Discussions on Countering Ransomware at the Paris Peace Forum

On November 11, IST's Elizabeth Vish joined experts from across the cybersecurity community at the Paris Peace Forum to discuss ways public-private partnerships can address the ransomware crisis.

cybersecurity, Paris Peace Forum, Public-private partnerships, Ransomware

December 2, 2022

A Public, Private War

A Public, Private War

A 2019 report co-published by the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity and the Institute for Security and Technology (then Technology for Global Security) provides a blueprint for how the U.S. government and private-sector companies can collaborate to prepare for a cyberwar or other massive cyberattack on U.S. interests.

cyber defense, cybersecurity, Department of Defense, Public-private partnerships

July 17, 2019