Backups are no longer a safety net but a primary target. Modern ransomware tactics don’t just encrypt; they exfiltrate, delete, or corrupt your recovery path. According to the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), ransomware attackers often start by compromising backup systems, rendering recovery impossible unless the ransom is paid.
Worse yet, default configurations of many backup systems, whether cloud-based or on-premise, offer insufficient isolation, alerting, or immutability. Attackers exploit admin credentials, overwrite versions, and flood repositories with poisoned backups.
Read this to learn how to re-architect your backup regime across cloud and on-premises infrastructure to ensure immutability, access control, and rapid restoration. Don’t just back up—back up with a plan to bounce back.
No More Half-Measures
To build ransomware resilience, IT leaders must focus on six critical issues:
- Backup immutability. Make backups unchangeable once created. Use …