We polled 500 IT Leaders from organizations of all sizes who had suffered a ransomware attack in 2021. Our survey focused on the impact within their environments, as well as their IT strategies and data protection initiatives moving forward.
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95%
of ransomware attacks attempted to infect backup repositories
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44%
of data was encrypted in a ransomware attack
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31%
of organizations who paid the ransom still could not recover their data
Learn how business and IT leaders addressed these issues
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Restoring in a sandbox
43% of organizations first restored to a sandbox before production
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Recover without paying
19% of organizations recovered without paying the ransom
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Continued improvement is key
53% believe a significant or complete overhaul is needed between backup and security teams
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