Policy paper

G7 Fundamental Elements of ransomware resilience for the financial sector

A guide for finance sector firms to improve their resilience to ransomware.

• From: HM Treasury
• Published: 3 February 2023

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Documents

G7 Fundamental Elements of ransomware resilience for the financial sector 13.10.2022

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The growth and proliferation of ransomware is one of the most significant challenges that financial entities face. It is important that financial entities take the necessary steps to make themselves resilient to ransomware before an attack occurs. This document provides financial entities with high-level building blocks for addressing the ransomware threat. It is non-prescriptive and non-binding, and is meant to incorporate the current policy approaches, industry guidance, and best practices in place throughout the G7 member countries.

Published 3 February 2023