Is storage the weak link in your cyber-resilience strategy?

<p>With the knowledge that a large-scale cyberattack is more a case of “when” than “if,” organizations require a comprehensive cyber-resiliency strategy. Since attacks such as ransomware are squarely targeting an organization’s data, this brings the data — and storage infrastructure — into sharp focus.</p>
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<p>This focus now seems to be translating into much higher interest levels. A great example is the buyer activity on the Informa TechTarget network. When we look at the storage and data protection segment over the last 180 days, the topic driving the most buyer activity overall is “cyber resilience.” Moreover, activity here outstrips the number two topic — “artificial intelligence” — by more than two to one. Several additional security-related topics — cloud security, ransomware, zero-trust, data security, continuity management and security frameworks — dominate the rest of the top 10.</p>
<p>Buyers are beginning to move from talking about <a href=”https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/opinion/Security-cost-attention-mark-new-era-of-storage-modernization”>storage-level security measures</a> to actively researching them, with a view to implementing a storage-specific technology strategy. In other words, the purchase intent seems to be increasing.</p>
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<p>If this is indeed the case, it would be a very encouraging development. That is because, unfortunately, too many organizations only invest in a cyber-resiliency strategy after they’ve experienced the consequences of not having such measures in place.</p>
<p>In recent months I’ve spoken with multiple IT leaders who are happy to extoll the virtues and importance of implementing various storage-level resiliency technologies. What did all these organizations have in common? They have all previously been burned — chiefly via <a href=”https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/news/366581438/Cyber-resilient-storage-a-final-def

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