Security News > 2024 > March > IT leaders think immutable data storage is an insurance policy against ransomware

69% consider this data storage essential to their corporate cybersecurity, and only 12% of those who deployed immutable data storage say it is not essential.

This is followed by France at 96%, Germany at 94% and the UK at 85%. While a relatively low number of IT leaders worldwide who currently use immutable data storage do not regard it as "Essential" to their cybersecurity strategy, a larger percentage resides in the UK: 24% of UK respondents have deployed it but say it is not essential to their cybersecurity, compared to 11% in France, 9% in the US and 6% in Germany.

"Widespread deployment of immutable storage reinforces an increased awareness of the critical role secure backup plays as an active defence against cyberattacks, specifically coupled with immutable backup data. Veeam believes that achieving zero trust data resilience with immutable storage implementations - that are indeed truly immutable - is a great opportunity for IT leaders to reduce the risk of growing data security threats and improve their overall cyber resilience," said Dave Russell, VP of enterprise strategy at Veeam Software.

The system implements proper protocols and true object storage semantics to preserve data in its original form the very moment it is written - which is not the case for other immutable solutions that can introduce time delays before data is immutable.

"Immutable data storage is an insurance policy against ransomware. While the survey data shows IT leaders resoundingly agree that immutability is a cornerstone of cybersecurity strategy, 31% still did not report it as essential. Here's the reality: Being able to restore quickly from an immutable backup means the difference between a successful and unsuccessful ransomware attack. Without storage that's truly immutable, you're vulnerable to cybercriminals' demands," said Paul Speciale, CMO, Scality.

"The perception among some respondents that it's not essential to cybersecurity is misguided and represents an opportunity to shift more IT leaders towards achieving a modern, inherently immutable object storage solution as a much-needed last line of defence to keep data locked and immune to ransomware exfiltration, modification or destruction," concluded Speciale.

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