Australian businesses need to think ‘beyond backups’: security alert

Sunday, 02 April 2023 17:44

Australian businesses need to think ‘beyond backups’: security alert Featured

By Gordon Peters

Paul Lancaster, Director Pre Sales Engineering at Commvault

Companies need to be thinking beyond traditional backups to stay one step a head of their adversaries, according to one security firm executive in comments he made on the recent World Backup Day.

Paul Lancaster, Director Pre Sales Engineering at Commvault said World Backup Day was a reminder for Australian businesses of all sizes to be on their guard to the heightened risk of cyberattacks.

“In the last 12 months Australia has faced an unprecedented number of cyber-attacks with many consumers having their data compromised in at least one attack,” Lancaster noted.

“While cyber criminals traditionally breached systems and encrypted data, in effect hold a company’s data to ransom, they are increasingly using the threat of publication instead. This carries the risk of damage to a company’s bottom line, reputation, and its competitive advantage in the market.

“This World Backup Day, companies need to be thinking beyond traditional backups and incorporating early detection systems, such as cyber deception, to stay one step ahead of their adversaries. Decoys can be deployed on a network to throw an attacker off course and lure them to fake assets.

“This not only slows down the attacker but can provide the first alert to a company about a breach, enabling security teams to take immediate action to isolate data assets.

“While a seamless recovery process of critical data will always be vital for business continuity, a proactive approach to data protection must be used in tandem to counter the rising threat of data breaches.” recommends Lancaster.

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