Ransomware attack prevention standard

This ruleset contains security requirements to reduce risks from ransomware attacks in the Yandex Cloud cloud infrastructure.

Ransomware is one of the most common and destructive types of cyberattacks: attackers encrypt the victim's data and demand a ransom for recovery. In cloud environments, ransomware attacks can affect object storages, virtual machine disks, databases, and backups.

Complying with these requirements helps ensure protection against ransomware attacks and mitigate the consequences of a successful attack: