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Secure the Backups Themselves

The takeaway

Attackers target backups first — isolate and protect them like primary systems.

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Ransomware crews delete backups before they encrypt, because they know that's your recovery. Immutable, isolated, tested backups are the control that decides whether you pay the ransom or restore from yesterday.

“Attackers kill your backups first. Defend them first.”

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