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to our report, however, less than half (45%) of businesses implement a data backup or recovery plan as
the first step in the event of a ransomware attack.

This could result in an organization being unable to function as normal, access data, or worse, the impact
and damage is likely to bring down the business. If this is the case, that’s when the business needs to
seriously re-evaluate its options. Now is the time to re-examine security infrastructure to make sure
attacks can be prevented before they even happen.

About the Author

Mark Guntrip is Senior Director of Cybersecurity Strategy at Menlo
Security, responsible for articulating the future of threats to security
leaders around the world. Prior to joining Menlo Security, Mark has been
security strategist at Proofpoint, Symantec, Cisco, and several other
leading cybersecurity providers.

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