Immutable backups sound like a niche nerd topic, but somehow CEOs, boards of directors, and risk and audit specialists suddenly get interested. They are nervous – but why? What is the threat, and how do immutable backups help? And how can IT organizations turn such an idea into a technical reality if running 100% of their workload in the public cloud?
New Threats on the Rise
Ryuk, NotPetya, and the Russian cyberattacks on Ukraine before the invasion are a Pear-Harbor-like wakeup call for CIOs and CISOs. The Ryuk ransomware aims to infiltrate IT infrastructures to encrypt critical company data. Then, they “offer” help to decrypt the data after a ransom payment.
