Backups

Ransomware Data Recovery — Protect and Recover Your Data

A ransomware attack is devastating. Compromised businesses and organizations suffer steep financial losses (an estimated $10.5 trillion annually by 2025) compounded by the loss of customer and partner trust. If a healthcare organization is a victim, it can even risk human life. By virtue of the increased value of data to organizations, not only are the number of ransomware attacks growing, but so too are the different types of this threat. According to Bitdefender’s Mid-Year Threat Landscape Report 2020, global ransomware reports increased by 715% year over year.
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Around The Storage Block

I had a really hard time deciding on just one thing to talk about in my quarterly article – there’s been a lot happening in storage and I didn’t want to miss the chance to tell you about it all. So this article will be a bit of a potpourri of news I want to share with you. So here we go!
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Why Backups Have Become Ransomware Targets and How to Prevent Getting Robbed

Cybercrime is on the rise and the current global pandemic has only made it worse. As remote work numbers grew from February to April of this year, so did ransomware attacks. In March 2020, ransomware attacks increased 148% over baseline levels from February 2020, according to one report. Financial services organizations were the most heavily targeted during that time, yet no industry is immune.
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