Ransomware and other data security threats are a serious concern for any organization. But the stakes are higher and the risks are greater for government agencies because they tend to store far more data than the private sector and much of it is extremely sensitive. Agencies must modernize their malware security solutions to cope with the growing ransomware threat. This paper details the current challenges confronting government organizations, and it will show how a transformational security technology called the cloud sandbox can protect their data from this 21st-century form of extortion.