{"id":9493,"date":"2024-06-19T08:07:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T15:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/?p=9493"},"modified":"2024-06-20T08:23:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T15:23:26","slug":"building-an-anti-ransomware-program-at-microsoft-focused-on-an-optimal-ransomware-resiliency-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/building-an-anti-ransomware-program-at-microsoft-focused-on-an-optimal-ransomware-resiliency-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Building an anti-ransomware program at Microsoft focused on an Optimal Ransomware Resiliency State"},"content":{"rendered":"
Microsoft strives to deliver the productivity tools and services the world depends on. With this comes the responsibility of ensuring protection, continuity, and resilience from cyberattacks of all sorts\u2014including emerging threats.<\/p>\n
Highlighted in the third edition of the Microsoft Digital Defense Report<\/a>, ransomware and extortion are considered nation-level threats due to the sophistication and boldness of attacks and their financial impact. No business, organization, or government can be considered safe from the crosshairs of ransomware threat actors. Experts estimate that ransomware’s cost to the world could reach $234 billion within the next decade.<\/p>\n To defend against the evolving ransomware landscape, Microsoft created the Optimal Ransomware Resiliency State (ORRS), a key component of its Ransomware Elimination Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n This post, the third in our series on ransomware, overviews the concept of ORRS and the steps that you can take to build a ransomware resiliency state of your own.<\/p>\n [<\/em>Read blog one in our ransomware series: Sharing how Microsoft protects against ransomware.<\/em><\/a> | Read blog two in our ransomware series: Why Microsoft uses a playbook to guard against ransomware.<\/em><\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n Optimal Ransomware Resiliency State is the term that the Ransomware Elimination Program team uses to describe our aspiration to defeat ransomware attacks\u2014today and in the future.<\/p>\n Optimal means we\u2019re doing everything we can do\u2014all the ORRS-required capabilities and controls are in place and verified.<\/p>\n \u2014Monty LaRue, principal program manager, Ransomware Elimination Program team<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nWhat is ORRS?<\/h2>\n