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How organizations respond when an attack occurs is just as paramount . No matter the scale or scope of an organization , IT security professionals should assume that a threat will inev- itably occur at some point . As such , it ’ s important to designate crisis response teams – including technology , communica- tions , and legal – with roles and responsibilities geared toward handling a suspected cyberse- curity incident .
When that incident inevitably occurs , it ’ s important to maxi- mize your organization ’ s resil- iency in the event of a breach . That makes data recovery best practices your last line of de- fense . Organizations should iso- late backups from network con- nections , regularly test backup procedures , and apply “ air gap ”
technology best practices to en- sure that any data impacted by a breach can be restored with limited disruption .
How often an organization should back up its data depends on its mission . For instance , ar- chival data that isn ’ t critical to mission operations falls under less frequent needs . But back- ups for systems that are essen- tial to our critical infrastructure – like public safety , healthcare , financial services , and correc- tions – should be maintained as frequently as possible .
If those systems are not available , the impact on society-at-large can be dire
– especially at a time when threats from adver- sarial nation-states are more prominent and heightened than ever before .
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