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significant issues when attempting to restore from backup to live production, resulting in disruptions and
delays in restoring operations. This corruption is especially problematic if the backup itself contains the
ransomware problem.

Some Startling Statistics:

• Ransomware attacks hit 80% of organizations in 2021. (Pollfish)
• More than 60% of those hit by the attacks paid the ransom. (Pollfish)
• The average ransomware payment was $570,000 in the first half of 2021, up from $312,000.
(Mimecast)
• 58% of organizations infected with ransomware agreed to pay a ransom in 2021, compared with
34% in 2020. (Proofpoint)
• Of those, 32% had to make an additional ransom payment to regain access to their data/systems.
(Proofpoint)
• Ransom demands are five times higher when data exfiltration is involved. And that's happening
six times more often in 2022 than in 2019. (Arete & Cyentia)

Cyber Criminals are getting more competent and more professional.

As cyber criminals become more skilled and professional, they can launch attacks that evade detection
for extended periods. According to one study, the delay between a malware infection and the execution
of a ransomware attack can be as long as 72 days. This delay means that even if an organization has
“done everything right,” like having backups that go back one or two months, they may still be restoring
infected applications. Restoring the ransomware is a worst-case business scenario. Companies need to
implement solutions that specifically protect against backing up ransomware. One such solution for the
cloud is a Cyber Recovery Service, which can help ensure the integrity of application during and after a
potential attack.

Cyber Recovery Service

Elastio provides a Cyber Recovery Service.

• not just backups
• not just malware detection
• not just recovery services
• not just another pretty dashboard

Elastio's Cyber Recovery Service offers comprehensive protection for your AWS workloads. It not only
backs up your data but also ensures that it is free of ransomware and corruption. With Elastio's technology
in place, you can have peace of mind knowing that your backups are malware-free and restorable. The
service also provides a mechanism to restore a part or the whole application without interruption to current
operations. Recovery testing can be performed, proving that your team has done Disaster Recovery
training and can document it for audits such as SOC 2, HITRUST, PCI, or CMMC.

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