Ransomware Trends, Impacts, and the Role of Data Storage

Ransomware Trends, Impacts, and the Role of Data Storage

The Pervasive Threat of Ransomware

Unlike other disaster scenarios, ransomware is pervasive and a common occurrence for most organizations. According to research conducted by TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group, 79% of organizations have experienced a ransomware attack within the last 12 months, with 47% experiencing attacks on a monthly or more frequent basis. Given the frequency of these attacks, ransomware preparedness has become a top priority for businesses.

This ebook outlines the trends, impacts and the role that data storage plays, as well as the following ransomware recovery insights:
• Overall, the cost of preventing a ransomware attack from being successful is much lower than the combined costs of paying the ransom and all the associated costs of recovery.
• Having a platform that people already know how to use for restores can distribute and speed up your recovery, providing organizational resilience.
• Restoring databases and servers is much faster and easier to do than restoring f iles. Even if you use SSDs in your backup server, restoring a million small files from your server is going to take a long time.
• Backup requires a few specially trained people – who easily become overloaded during an attack. Choose a solution that allows distributed restores of file data throughout the organization because it’s easy and part of the platform.


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