How to Extend Microsoft’s Ransomware Protections

This report summarizes Microsoft’s Cyber Signals observations on the growing ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) economy and outlines recommended mitigations—strong credential hygiene and MFA, network segmentation, visibility to eliminate blind spots, and disciplined tool management—while describing how ReliaQuest GreyMatter can amplify Microsoft Defender capabilities and extend protections to non-Microsoft security tooling.