FINAL WORD successfully attacked by ransomware at least once during the past 12 months , making it one of the largest reports of its kind . the ransom but were still not able to recover data – resulting in a one out of three chance that paying the ransom still leads to no data .
The first of its kind study examines the key lessons from these incidents , their impact on IT environments and the steps taken to implement Modern Data Protection strategies that ensure Business Continuity moving forward .
It is notable that 19 % of organizations did not pay the ransom because they were able to recover their own data . This is what the remaining 81 % of cybervictims must aspire to – recovering data without paying the ransom .
The research project specifically surveyed four IT personas ( CISOs , security professionals , backup administrators and IT operations ) to understand cyberpreparedness alignment across organizations .
Paying the ransom is not a recovery strategy
Of the organizations surveyed , the majority ( 76 %) of cyber-victims paid the ransom to end an attack and recover data . Unfortunately , while 52 % paid the ransom and were able to recover data , 24 % paid
“ One of the hallmarks of a strong Modern Data Protection strategy is a commitment to a clear policy that the organization will never pay the ransom , but
Almost all attackers attempted to destroy backup repositories to disable the victim ’ s ability to recover without paying the ransom .
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