Cybercriminals are now developing ever more sophisticated ransomware tactics, social engineering scams, and brute force attacks against an organization's operations and its data. The same advances that enable leaps in innovation, speed, and efficiency can also be used to access sensitive data and systems.
And unfortunately, these criminal tactics are working. In 2023, two out of three US organizations experienced ransomware attacks. Large corporations are not the main target. Organizations of all sizes are vulnerable. Businesses with only 100-250 employees (62%) were just as likely to experience a ransomware attack as businesses with more than 3,000 employees (63%). Beyond overhead costs, potentially including the ransom itself, downtime costs an average of $365,000 per hour in lost revenue. When you consider that the average recovery time is three weeks, it becomes clear how devastating these attacks can be.
Warning from the FBI
In the face of these sobering statistics, being proactive about cyber defense is clearly not enough. The FBI believes that when it comes to cybersecurity breaches in any organization, including yours, it's not a matter of if or when, but how often.
Therefore, it has become imperative to “embrace the breach” and develop cyber resilience, or an organization's ability to bounce back from a data breach or attack. Most organizations have some kind of business continuity and disaster recovery plan in place to retrieve and restore critical data, systems, and functionality in the event of a natural disaster or hardware failure that affects their data center. I am.
Unfortunately, many organizations' cyber recovery processes, practices, and technologies are not sufficiently mature, understood, and codified to recover from security vulnerabilities and attacks targeting valuable data. And such inadequate protection against cybercrime can pose an existential threat.
In a survey of IT decision makers, 95% of respondents said their organization had a disaster plan, but only a minority of respondents said their plan was well-documented, tested, and updated. Only 24%. For cyber recovery testing, that percentage can be even lower.
A truly cyber-resilient organization regularly tests its security plan in a secure digital environment, isolated from other systems, and ensures that recovered data is not corrupted by malware, viruses, or other external threats. It means confirming that.
Exercises and real world recovery
The complexity of modern technology infrastructure, lack of resources and staff expertise, and the evolving nature of cyber threats all present significant barriers preventing many organizations from integrating recovery plans appropriate for today's business and technology landscape. It becomes.
Enterprise environments can span multiple cloud platforms, virtual machines, and physical servers. Additionally, the rise of remote and hybrid working arrangements can spread physical infrastructure and IT staff across locations and platforms, adding another layer of vulnerability, complexity, and disruption.
Additionally, a robust recovery plan must be constantly tested and updated. A blueprint that works in theory may be no match for real-world crises.
Tabletop exercises and walkthroughs may not reveal hidden gaps or roadblocks in data recovery, nor can they verify data or system recovery. Technology changes and updates may cause unexpected issues. Traditional stress testing also does not provide a secure walled environment for forensic analysis or data recovery efforts.
Clean room for clean testing
Establishing and maintaining cyber resilience requires continuous end-to-end testing across operations and infrastructure, including cloud applications and internal databases.
In addition to establishing processes to identify and mitigate threats, cyber-resilient organizations engage in secure forensic analysis that can identify and remediate anomalies and root causes of security breaches.
Organizations must also test and verify the integrity and functionality of the data after recovery. This task can consume significant technology resources and pose risks to your production environment if not performed with sufficient planning and guardrails. This poses significant coordination and scheduling challenges for internal teams.
That's why cleanrooms play such an important role in organizational resilience.
Cleanrooms provide an isolated, safe and sanitary environment for data recovery, but until now, building a cleanroom has required a significant investment in expensive, dedicated infrastructure.
Today, cloud-based cleanroom software solutions help organizations of all sizes protect their operational and data assets with a virtual, air-gapped environment where data can be recovered safely and reliably.
greater growth opportunity
A well-designed, robust cleanroom dashboard supports transparency and visibility across your team, enhancing your ability to identify breaches and initiate the recovery process quickly and efficiently. This streamlines and simplifies operations for large enterprises, while enabling small and medium-sized organizations to achieve and scale cyber resilience built for today's ongoing threats.
Organizations with advanced cyber resilience save an average of $48 million annually. However, building cyber resiliency with cloud-based cleanroom solutions not only gives organizations peace of mind and prevents potential losses, but also provides growth-oriented innovation and opportunities rather than defense. You have more time and resources to focus on.
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