24-11-2021

Cyber Attacks and Data Protection: Challenges and path to follow!

Nikos Anagnostopoulos

 

As we are reaching the end of 2021, Cybersecurity Awareness is a topic that is most discussed within this year. Attacks have skyrocketed, and that is why it should be Cybersecurity Awareness Month—every month!

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DATA – your most valuable asset

It’s hard to turn on the news without seeing another report on a major attack. Important to pinpoint, these attacks are targeted at infrastructure, government, and critical supply chain with the end goal of gaining the biggest ransom payout. And what better way to attack an organization than targeting its last line of defense, the backup!

Data is the most valuable asset of an organization and protecting them with a secure and ransomware free policy has to be one of the top priorities, if not the first.

As we can see in the below IDC survey graphic, in 2020, those where the top 5 challenges for data protection.

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Source: IDC Multicloud Survey, 2020

 

What can you do to stop cybersecurity attacks?

One way to stop the attacks is to deploy the most up-to-date data protection and backup infrastructure on hardened OS platforms using technologies like Security-Enhanced Linux. These hardened platforms provide host-based Intrusion Detection (IDS) and Prevention (IPS) by blocking rogue connections and denying malicious code execution. Backup needs to be self- protected by mechanisms in order malicious actions to be detected. This technique safeguards your data’s integrity and reduce risk, everywhere, with system hardening, immutable and indelible storage (with internally managed compliance clock).

Also, you can deploy solutions that detect threats and enable monitoring of your entire environment. That is everything, including edge, core, and cloud. Last but not least, you can maintain control of your business when ransomware strikes with automated and orchestrated, complete cross-system restoration in the largest and most demanding multi-cloud and data center environments.

The solution to data leaking

At Accutech, cybersecurity and data protection have been part of our DNA for years. Our services and solutions can assist you in the ongoing battle against ransomware by providing a comprehensive, multilayered approach that extends beyond traditional data protection.