LTO Technology: One Of The Most Enduring - And Most Effective - Ways To Protect Your Data From Cybercrime
CIO, Monday, July 22nd, 2024
Linear Tape-Open (LTO) not only reads and writes data faster than disk, but also creates an airgap that is impassable for cybercriminals.
Ransomware has long been one of the kinds of cyberattacks that CIOs fear most, in part because it has become so common. With ransomware, it's not a question of whether a company will be attacked, but when. And since the public release of ChatGPT in 2022, cybercriminals have been able to leverage generative AI to launch highly sophisticated attacks at scale. In fact, the number of ransomware attacks has grown 76% since then, according to a 2024 Accenture report. The average cost of a successful breach has also been staggering, reaching an incredible$4.45 million in 2023, according to IBM's 'Cost of a Data Breach' report.