Information Backup and Recovery
Ensuring continuity after data loss
Backups and information recovery procedures ensure that, in the face of ransomware, a hardware failure or a human error that deletes important files, the organization can restore the affected data without depending on paying a ransom or accepting the total loss of the information. Their practical relevance becomes evident precisely during a ransomware incident, where having recent, tested backups isolated from the main network makes the difference between restoring operations in hours or negotiating with an attacker with no guarantee of recovering the files. A critical nuance many organizations discover too late is that an untested backup isn't a reliable backup, since corrupted or incomplete backups, or ones reached by the same ransomware because they were permanently connected to the network, have left more than one company with no real recovery option.