World Backup Day: how to protect your data backup from cyber attacks

Il World Backup Day (World Backup Day) is an occasion to remind companies of the importance of backing up data and having faster reaction times. This is because the attacks ransomware continue to evolve globally. Historically, backups weren’t designed to manage or protect against malicious actions, such as cyberattacks or intentional deletion of data. In fact, backups were created as a recovery tool in the event of accidental data loss, hardware failure, and other unexpected events.

World Backup Day against ransomware attacks

Organized crime groups operating through the distribution of ransomware take every possible ploy to prevent their victims from restoring the encrypted data. We are witnessing a increase of attacks targeting volume shadow copies. Or in any case that they infect the backups in the later stages of the campaign. An infected backup can lead IT administrators to inadvertently restore cybercriminal access to previously attacked systems.

L’Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

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The latest technological solutions, such as l’Extended Detection and Response (XDR)help detect complex attacks early by correlating threat events and behaviors across multiple environments to help stop criminals before they can encrypt data for ransom and/or exfiltrate it for extortion.

It’s about a multi-level security solution, which minimizes the attack surface and uses automated controls to block most security incidents. Identity Access Management (IAM) will continue to play an equally critical role.

A single hijacked user account can compromise all backups, regardless of their location. Although it is recommended to follow the classic 3-2-1 rulewhich involves three copies of your data on two different media and one copy off-site for disaster recovery, this is no substitute for a robust cybersecurity solution.