Backup Data Resiliency: Backups Alone Aren’t Enough  - Tech

Why Conventional Disaster Recovery Won’t Save You From Ransomware

This guest post was contributed by Justin Giardina is the Chief Technology Officer at 11:11 Systems.The conventional formula for maintaining business continuity in the face of unexpected IT disruptions is as follows: Back up your data. Make a recovery plan. Test the recovery plan periodically.That approach may work well enough if your primary concern is defending against risks like server failures or data center outages caused by natural disaste…

On March 31, World Backup Day reminds companies around the world to back up their data regularly. Backups are undoubtedly an essential part of any IT security strategy – at the same time, they often provide deceptive security. Ransomware 2.0 – Extortion by Data Release Instead of Encryption For a long time, the biggest risk of ransomware attacks was that companies lose access to their data. However, since many organizations now have robust backu…

The Importance of Backups in Data Recovery

Data Recovery is the key to developing an effective cyber resilience strategy in the event of a cyber-attack or disaster to resume business operational resiliency. It empowers businesses to quickly recover critical data, minimise downtime and potential threats. Everyone in the security space knows that backups of important data are vital in the event of a disaster. Cybercriminals know this too and go after backups before encrypting the main data…

Backup Data Resiliency: Backups Alone Aren’t Enough  - Tech

Every year, March 31st marks another World Backup Day—a timely reminder to check if our data protection strategies are truly ready for today’s volatile cyber landscape. It is an illusion to think that cyber attacks on any industry can be avoided. In fact Check Point’s 2025 State of Cyber Security Report shows that the average number of weekly attacks per organisation are up 44% year-over-year. Businessman with cloud computing diagram show on han…