{"id":40020,"date":"2021-03-16T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T09:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/ransomware-how-to-make-sure-backups-are-ready-for-a-real-attack\/"},"modified":"2021-03-16T09:59:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T09:59:00","slug":"ransomware-how-to-make-sure-backups-are-ready-for-a-real-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/ransomware-how-to-make-sure-backups-are-ready-for-a-real-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware: How to make sure backups are ready for a real attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The best way to avoid paying ransom to attackers who have infected your systems with ransomware is to have those systems adequately backed up so you can wipe them and restore them from safe backups. Here are several options for making sure those backups are up to the task.<\/p>\n

In this article, backup refers to any system that you’re going to use to respond to a ransomware attack, including old-school backup systems, replication systems, and modern hybrid systems that support backup and disaster recover. For simplicity\u2019s sake, they\u2019ll all be referred to as backup here.<\/p>\n