Technology continues to evolve and so have the criminal actors behind ransomware attacks, which are among the biggest online security threats today. In recent years, ransomware attacks have increasingly become more sophisticated, focused, and expensive. It is estimated that “By 2019, global losses from ransomware attacks are expected to hit $11.5 billion”.
Criminal actors behind ransomware attacks now understand that legacy backup infrastructure is typically viewed as an insurance policy. These hackers have therefore started exploiting weaknesses associated with legacy backup, making it a prime target for attack. Several types of ransomware, such as Locky and Crypto, are known to destroy shadow copies and restore point data, making backup infrastructure easy prey for hackers rather than a defensive tool for enterprises.
It is not uncommon to see backup products touted for their ability to ‘detect’ a ransomware attack. However, these products fall short because they don’t have an efficient way to respond to a hack in a timely manner. In these cases, these legacy backup solutions lack:
Instead of relying on a legacy backup product that ransomware attackers prey upon, IT admins need to think about a comprehensive solution that will help prevent an attack on their backup infrastructure. The right solution will immediately detect a ransomware attack and alert IT admins who can respond quickly with corrective actions.
Cohesity is the only modern backup solution to offer a comprehensive, end-to-end solution against ransomware, and the only one that offers a multi-layer approach to prevent, detect, and – if the worst case happens – quickly respond to an attack, and ensure business continuity.
Let’s double-click on how the Cohesity Anti-Ransomware Solution is a complete solution.
Besides monitoring the backup data change rate to detect a potential ransomware attack, Cohesity very uniquely detects and alerts for file-level anomalies within unstructured files and object data. This includes analyzing the frequency of files accessed as well as the number of files being modified, added, or deleted by a specific user or an application in order to ensure a ransomware attack is quickly detected.
Ransomware is so common it has practically become a household name. Yet ransomware remains a daunting threat to enterprises in need of a modern solution that offers more than the ability to simply detect a threat. Below are a few helpful links to learn how Cohesity offers a comprehensive solution against ransomware attacks.