Ransomware keeps growing in intensity and sophistication, now affecting all types of businesses, including SMBs and very small businesses. According to the latest reports from ANSSI and Cybermalveillance.gouv.fr, ransomware attacks accounted for 30% of cyberattacks in 2023, with a clear increase in cases targeting organizations with limited resources.
Infection vectors are many: targeted phishing campaigns (often through whaling), poorly secured RDP (remote desktop) protocols, or pirated software containing backdoors or spyware. Once the system is infected, the consequences are often dramatic: business paralysis, loss of critical data, or exorbitant ransoms.
Beyond the financial costs, the damage to reputation can be irreversible, especially if a denial-of-service attack or fraudulent "man-in-the-middle" access has led to the theft of sensitive information.
Why is backup essential against ransomware?
With ransomware proliferating, an effective backup policy remains the best defensive weapon. Even Zero Trust strategies cannot guarantee absolute protection, because an intrusion can always happen.
Cloud backup then plays a central role by ensuring that data can be restored to an earlier, clean, unencrypted state. Backups must be offsite, immutable, and disconnected from production systems so that they cannot themselves be compromised by ransomware or doxware.
An effective disaster recovery plan (DRP) must include cyberattack scenarios, with regular restore tests to guarantee data availability in the event of an incident.
What a good ransomware backup solution should offer
To meet security requirements, an effective backup solution against ransomware must include:
- Source-side deduplication, to reduce the volume of data transferred and speed up backups.
- Long retention, to keep older backups accessible for several months, even if a cyberattack is detected late. a backup history of at least 90 days to roll back to intact earlier versions.
- Granular restore features, which make it possible to recover either a single file or an entire system in just a few clicks.
- Data encryption mechanisms, in transit and at rest, to prevent any unauthorized access.
- Physical or logical separation of backups from the production network, so that they cannot be corrupted in the event of a cyberattack.
How does Kiwi Backup protect against ransomware?
Kiwi Backup meets all of these requirements with a reliable solution, compliant with ISO 27001 and HDS standards, 100% hosted in France. Our backups are encrypted, replicated across sovereign datacenters, and available in the cloud or On Premise, stored on your infrastructure.
Our technology keeps several versions of files, guaranteeing restoration to a state prior to the attack. In addition, our verification tools allow you to test restores regularly to ensure their integrity.
Finally, Kiwi Backup is available as a white-label solution, allowing you to offer a customized solution, integrated into your offerings and under your own name.
Conclusion: making cloud backup a pillar of IT resilience
As cyberattacks multiply and affect organizations of all sizes, cloud backup is becoming a central element of any IT resilience strategy. Kiwi Backup offers a complete, reliable solution designed to meet the concrete needs of IT professionals: regulatory compliance, enhanced security, and full control of data. A strategic choice to anticipate risks and ensure business continuity.