cyber trends
Managing and mitigating IT disruption , caused by an external attack such as ransomware , should be near the top of the list of concerns for every CIO .
Avi Raichel , Chief Information Officer at Zerto
In practical terms , the answer lies in radically improving the ability of cybercrime victims to recover . This perspective means the ultimate protection isn ’ t a wall around the perimeter , it ’ s the ability to continuously protect and quickly get back to business as usual .
Recovery solutions – or what we like to call , ‘ recoverware ’ – need to be fast and affordable , and organisations should be in a position to implement tools that provide Disaster Recovery and backup through continuous data protection ( CDP ) – right down to the final few seconds leading up to a breach . Think of it this way : paying a ransom is an unpalatable decision , to say the least . However , in far too many cases , organisations see it as their only option . This couldn ’ t be further from the truth . Having the power to recover data to a point immediately before ransomware strikes puts IT teams back in control of their destiny . Recovery becomes a powerful defence against a www . intelligentciso . com
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