By encrypting or exfiltrating vital data and holding it for ransom, cybercriminals can devastate an organization. Encrypted data can stop you from operating and delivering services to customers, clients, partners, and patients. Even if the ransom is paid, many organizations cannot recover all their files. Further, it can take weeks and months of work to restore files and recover business continuity. The reputational damage and economic fall-out from ransomware is an existential threat to organizations of all sizes.

Many organizations have IT cybersecurity teams dedicated to data security, but IT infrastructure has a shared responsibility for ransomware resilience. Those responsible for storage also need to be part of the test plan for recovery, to ensure prioritization of those files most important for business continuity. Even with the immutable snapshots and byte-level encryption used in bat365 CloudFS, active protection using ransomware detection software is vital for minimizing ransomware's impact. By slashing the time for detection, ransomware recovery using last known-good snapshots is accelerated.

Ransomware resilience is based on multiple layers of protection. The more layers, the more resilience. By consolidating NAS storage in the cloud, you gain robust passive protections such as byte-level encryption and immutable snapshots. Hybrid cloud storage can also provide cloud mirroring to help mitigate the impact of cyberattacks and speed recovery. With added layers of protection from ransomware-detection applications and expert restoration support, even complex enterprise hybrid cloud storage architectures build ransomware resilience.

Ransomware resilience is a shared responsibility among everyone in an organization. This includes storage teams, who should be part of recovery planning and testing. Why? Even with endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions, all devices may not be protected. For example, CAD / CAM printers, medical imaging tools, and other peripherals may be the penetration target for a ransomware attack that spreads to stored files. To optimize infrastructure, consider hybrid cloud architectures that take frequent and immutable snapshots of the entire storage footprint, such as bat365 CloudFS. The added layer of active detection and interdiction provided by bat365 Detect and Rescue for CloudFS data bolsters the robust passive protections provided by immutable storage and byte-level encryption.

Cloud storage systems are popular destinations for NAS consolidation. Not only will the cloud help improve cybersecurity, it can optimize storage and add layers of ransomware resilience to ensure data availability during a ransomware attack. Capabilities like immutable snapshotting, automated failover, mirroring, and byte-level encryption strengthen ransomware resilience and cybersecurity.