Backup Storage Is A Key Attack Target: 2023 Ransomware Trends Report
Continuity Central, Wednesday, May 24,2023
Organizations of all sizes are increasingly falling victim to ransomware attacks and inadequately protecting against this cyber threat, according to the Veeam 2023 Ransomware Trends Report.
The report states that one in seven organizations will see almost all (>80 percent) data affected as a result of a ransomware attack - pointing to a significant gap in protection; and attackers almost always target backups during cyber attacks. Attacks are successful in debilitating their victims' ability to recover in 75 percent of those events, reinforcing the criticality of immutability and air gapping to ensure backup repositories are protected.
'The report shows that today it's not about IF your organization will be the target of a cyber-attack, but how often. Although security and prevention remain important, it's critical that every organization focuses on how rapidly they can recover by making their organization more resilient,' said Danny Allan, CTO at Veeam. 'We need to focus on effective ransomware preparedness by focusing on the basics, including strong security measures and testing both original data and backups, ensuring survivability of the backup solutions, and ensuring alignment across the backup and cyber teams for a unified stance.'