Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Sufficiently worried about ransomware?
Excellent. The following Basic Steps should for a great starting point to ensure you are adequately protected;
The best way to combat ransom ware is to be ready for it with a strong backup and recovery plan.
1. Backing up primary data on a server outside of your address space is one way to keep backups safe from ransom ware.
Note: This may be complicated by a pooled storage approach, but using a separate cloud storage pool for backups could combat the problem.
2. Ensure backups are secure and up to date.
3. Storing copies of data offline provides an extra layer of protection if primary storage is compromised, and it reduces the risk of corruption.
4. And, whatever you do, do not use your backup credentials in other operations.
Finally, there are several documented cases of organizations recovering after a ransomware attack.
