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“The year 2021 brought us some return to normalcy after the global COVID-19 pandemic turned our world upside down, but a meteoric rise in ransomware attacks combined with an explosion of data – partly due to the continuation of hybrid working trends – will lead businesses to make data protection a major priority in the new year.
Back in 2020, most organisations hadn’t planned for a pandemic, for example. Except that, while the attacker is working, they might: Deploy malware; Copy your system data; or Plant a keylogger or a rubber ducky [a USB stick that can log all activity done on a computer]. And if so, how? It’s tricky. And no one would be any the wiser!
Organizations that implement a backup strategy with cyberresilience at the core can enable restores that are fast, predictable, reliable and cost-effective – at scale. It’s a siren call to invest in a scalable and immutable system that provides quick restores, such as those offered by modern object storage solutions.
Forthcoming legislation such as the EU’s NIS2 Directive and the CyberResilience Act will impose more stringent standards for cyber protection and establish clear reporting timelines in the event of a breach. Though the greatest economic upheavals have hopefully passed, we’re seeing the residual effects.
And when a phishing attack succeeds, the cybercriminals capture private data, personal information, company data, or they may even install malware directly onto the device to facilitate ongoing attacks. Tape stands out as the preferred storage medium for achieving the utmost cyberresilience, and to keep information long term.
And when a phishing attack succeeds, the cybercriminals capture private data, personal information, company data, or they may even install malware directly onto the device to facilitate ongoing attacks. Tape stands out as the preferred storage medium for achieving the utmost cyberresilience, and to keep information long term.
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