Ransomware isn’t only coming for your primary data; it’s also directly targeting your backup and disaster recovery systems. A double-blind study of over 1,200 organizations showed the following:
Ransomware isn’t targeting just your primary data; it’s also directly targeting your backup and disaster recovery systems. A double-blind study of over 1,200 organizations showed the following:
- 85% suffered a ransomware attack in the last 12 months
- 93% of attacks targeted backup repositories
- 76% lost at least some of their backups in the attack
This. Must. Stop.
This is why all of my consulting services for organizations protecting their data have cyber recovery at their center. Yes, I can help make your operational and disaster recoveries faster. Yes, I can help you create and test a disaster and/or cyber recovery plan, or help you conduct a cyber recovery tabletop exercise. But none of this matters if bad actors take out your backups in an attack.
- Cyber & disaster recovery assessment
- How prepared are your backup systems are to defend themselves against a cyber attack? Can your backups be deleted or encrypted? If you survive the attack, fire, or other disaster, how well-designed is your recovery system?
- Tabletop exercises
- Tabletop exercises are a great process to identify strengths and weaknesses in your cyber recovery response. Let’s work together to determine them now. One of my primary roles will be to come up with attack scenarios that you may not have thought of! (I’ve seen some things.)
- RFP Creation & execution
- If it’s time for a new backup or DR product or service, let me help you design the request for proposal (RFP) to help you narrow the list to a few vendors. I will then guide you through the final product selection.