Security News > 2023 > February > A CISOs Practical Guide to Storage and Backup Ransomware Resiliency

CISOs are concerned about the rise of ransomware - not only of the proliferation of attacks but also of their sophistication: "The storage and backup environments are now under attack, as the attackers realize that this is the single biggest determining factor to show if the company will pay the ransom," says George Eapen, Group CIO at Petrofac,.

Immutable storage is the simplest way to protect backup data.

Policies are set in backup software or at storage level and it means backups can't be changed or encrypted.

Immutable storage can be 'poisoned', enabling hackers to change the configuration of backup clients and gradually replace stored data with meaningless information.

Storage security posture management solutions help you get a full view of the security risks in your storage & backup systems.

NIST Special Publication 800-209; Security Guidelines for Storage Infrastructure provides an overview of the evolution of storage technology, recent security threats, and the risks they pose.

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