This is a technical guidance document provided by the US Government. It provides an aggregate of already existing Federal government and private industry best practices and mitigation strategies focused on the prevention and response to ransomware incidents.

The President of the United States’ Office of Management and Budget, prepared this report. This report covers the period from October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2015, and provides an update of ongoing information security initiatives, a review of Fiscal Year 2015 information security incidents, Inspector General assessments of agencies’ progress in implementing information security capabilities, and the Federal Government’s progress in meeting key information security performance measures based on agency submitted data.