Use These Five Backup and Recovery Best Practices to Protect Against Ransomware
Ransomware is on the rise, and its perpetrators are effectively evading countermeasures. I&O and business continuity management leaders should plan for the inevitable limited or widespread ransomware incident.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Analysis
- Step 1: Form a Single Crisis Management Team
- Step 2: Implement Endpoint Backup
- Step 3: Identify Network Storage Locations and Servers Vulnerable to Ransomware Encryption
- Enumerate Obviously Vulnerable Storage Locations
- Don’t Forget the Not-So-Obvious Vulnerable Storage Locations
- Step 4: Develop Appropriate RPOs and Backup Cadences for Network Storage and Servers
- Step 5: Create Reporting Notifications for Change Volume Anomalies