Ransomware Protection
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Ransomware attacks represent a significant danger to all organizations. In a 2023 Sophos ransomware report, 66% of respondents stated they had experienced some form of ransomware attack, with an average recovery cost of $1.82 million—not including any ransoms paid.
Ransomware has become increasingly sophisticated and can be incredibly difficult to remove from infected systems. Modern cybercriminals target backup data as well as production data to try and eliminate your only recovery solution. Having ransomware protection in place helps prevent unauthorized access, data encryption and extortion attempts by malicious actors and ensures a level of recoverability after an attack.
The importance of protecting backups from ransomware
Regularly backing up your data only works if the solution includes safeguards against losing the backup data itself. Think of a scenario in which a network share is being used as a backup option. The network share remains accessible on the network even though it has user accounts and permissions linked to it. A network share containing backup data can be instantly encrypted by malicious software through a GPO attack that grants elevated domain access to servers and client computers.
Backup software transfers all of your data as quickly as the laws of physics permit. It must therefore have access to all of the company’s critical information, programs, network, production storage, etc. Compared to most business users, that is more access! A backup and recovery solution must incorporate anti-ransomware features to lower business risk.
Why is ransomware protection important?
Due to vulnerabilities in distance learning and a new work-from-home norm, ransomware threats are increasing. In 2019, ransom attacks affected almost 60% of businesses. According to research, ransomware assaults increased by 40% in just the third quarter of 2020. In a time when customers and businesses need their data to be accessible and available around-the-clock, enterprises that are not adequately prepared for ransomware assaults are more likely to become victims of attacks, suffering from data loss, security issues, and costly business downtime.
In short, data protection offers organizations a shield against inevitable attacks and gives them a lifeline to safety faster after unwanted disruptions.