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BUILDING A CYBER RESILIENT DATA RECOVERY STRATEGY

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Introduction
Security of data is at the forefront of every organization ’ s strategy because the threat of cyberattacks , primarily ransomware , is a clear and present danger . Unfortunately , 85 % of organizations have had at least one ransomware attack in 2022 ( 2023 Veeam Data Protection Trends Report ). Further alarming is the fact that today ’ s ransomware isn ’ t just locking organizations out of their data , they are also exfiltrating , or stealing , the data to be sold , used for future attacks or used as part of one or more extortion schemes . Preventing malicious access to this data should be the top goal of any cybersecurity plan . was lost ( 2023 Veeam Ransomware Trends Report ), highlighting the importance of having a welldesigned and reliable data recovery plan .
A Reliable Data Recovery Foundation
Data Recovery , as part of a data availability strategy , is often the final backstop of a cybersecurity plan , and therefore needs to be well considered and planned . Utilizing concepts like a 3-2-1-1-0 data protection strategy and having a single tool that can backup data throughout the infrastructure and restore it to a healthy state when and where needed after a cyber incident will provide organizations the proper setup to recover data in any situation .
However , no organization should assume that their defenses will always hold . Therefore , having the ability to recover data as the last line of defense is equally important . Of organizations affected by ransomware , on average 15 % of production data
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