TCS Ransomware Control Matrix 

OVERVIEW

Ransomware operators conducting data theft and extortion campaigns increased by 20% in 2022.

Ransomware attacks are unrelenting and becoming more sophisticated as malicious cyber actors increasingly exploit vulnerabilities in enterprise software applications. Ransomware-as-a-Service is expanding and allowing a wider range of threat actors to become ransomware operators. 

Companies across industries can become targets. Those with deep pockets or that are under extra pressure to avoid operational disruptions, such as those in critical infrastructure, are especially likely to be prime targets. Those with deep pockets or that are under extra pressure to avoid operational disruptions, such as those in critical infrastructure, are especially likely to be prime targets. The healthcare sector, considered to be a critical service provider, has received advisory notices from US cybersecurity officials because of increasing threat from ransomware groups. Government services too are not immune. Ransomware operators attacked the UK postal service and it took 20 days before international mail service was fully restored.

Ransomware can cost an organization dearly. Some of the costs are direct like the $457 million handed over by ransomware victims globally in 2022. Other costs are indirect, such as the economic impact on partners and suppliers, as well as reputational damage and lawsuits.
 

Solution

Strengthen your defense against ransomware attacks.

TCS Ransomware Control Matrix provides a systematic and comprehensive approach to identify, assess, mitigate, and protect against ransomware attacks early on. It helps enterprises navigate the complexities of the global cyberthreat landscape while taking proactive, risk-informed strategic decisions to defend their enterprise. 

The framework helps enterprises: 

• Assess ransomware readiness: Reveals opportunities to improve enterprises’ defense against ransomware attacks by comparing existing security controls against world-class standards. With cybercriminals constantly evolving their tactics, techniques, and procedures, this addresses the increasing difficulty in detecting and containing attacks. 

• Detect and mitigate ransomware: Provides simplified and detailed steps enterprises can take to quickly assess and improve ransomware detection and mitigation capabilities by highlighting security control gaps and suggesting remediation measures. Moreover, it provides best practices and a common language, leveraging widely used cyber defense nomenclature, to discuss and address ransomware and associated challenges.

• Align with global standards and best practices: Offers flexibility and adaptability to fit the specific needs of organizations while adhering to global standards. addresses both the technical and operational aspects of defending against ransomware attacks. Its design is based on globally recognized cybersecurity frameworks such as those provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), MITRE ATT&CK (Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge), and MITRE D3FEND (Detection, Denial, and Disruption Framework Empowering Network Defense) which is a knowledge graph of cybersecurity countermeasure techniques. 

• Manage ransomware threats: Enables a foundational level of cybersecurity controls that provide a basic degree of protection and moves to advanced and elite levels of controls that build on each other and provide increasingly specialized protection. At all levels, the cybersecurity controls are divided into two categories: measures for detection and mitigation.
   

Benefits

Identify cybersecurity gaps to get ahead of ransomware threats. 

With Ransomware Control Matrix, organizations can identify cybersecurity gaps that are frequently unnoticed and exploited by ransomware groups to gain access to organizations’ networks. They can: 

• Recognize, assess, and mitigate the risk of ransomware attacks.

• Analyze critical elements of the business ecosystem that are prey to malware.

• Understand the full spectrum of attack vectors as malicious actors evolve their tactics and techniques.

• Reduce the risk of ransomware attacks by implementing security controls identified by the framework to detect and mitigate malware.

• Reduce risk of business disruption and data loss, averts possible negative media coverage, and avoids damage to organizational reputation.

• Protect their business operations and bottom lines.
  
  

THE TCS ADVANTAGE

Partner with TCS to take advantage of our capabilities and expertise.

• TCS practitioners have decades of proven experience managing threat intelligence at our clients both in the public and private sectors.

• We have a dedicated team of certified, industry-leading analysts with deep expertise in in MITRE ATT&CK, MITRE D3FEND, and NIST frameworks to help enterprises analyze their IT and security ecosystems as well as the cyberthreat landscape. 

• TCS is a key global managed services security provider and a member of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) that recognizes the power of cooperation across 36 countries, the European Union, and key industry partners to combat ransomware on a global scale.