Almost from the beginning of the Biden administration early this year, the federal government, through its many branches and agencies, has taken a hard and continuously evolving look at improving cybersecurity across the spectrum of American enterprises. This push has primarily been focused on both improving cybersecurity itself, while also combatting the increasingly prevalent scourge of ransomware events. According to a September 2021 Bloomberg News article, ransomware alone became a $350 million criminal industry in 2020, with the bad guys paying particular attention to entities that hold large amounts of consumer data and sizable cyber insurance policies.
