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backups in an ultra-resilient storage type is one of the most critical defences for ransomware resiliency . Beyond ransomware , backup solutions can bring other protection techniques for backup data resiliency such as mitigating insider threats and accidental deletion .
Rick Vanover ( R ), Senior Director of Product Strategy , and Anthony Spiteri , Senior Global Technologist , of Veeam
Remediate the attack
In addition to educating stakeholders and implementing techniques to build a resilient infrastructure , public sector organisations should safeguard plans to mitigate the impact of ransomware threats . In an event of a ransomware attack , the following measures should be taken :
• Do not pay the ransom
• The only option is to restore data
Implementing stringent layers of resiliency and knowing what to do when a threat gets discovered is critical . Among the top priorities should be to onboard a team of security experts , identity management professionals and incident response authorities who can be contacted in a state of emergency . Additionally , having clear guidelines on the decision-making authority simplifies the recovery process after a disaster event has occurred . Finally , when the scenario is right to restore , implementing additional checks of

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