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I see the point of testing backups and it's good advice. But the real problem is that preparing for an emergency that never comes is very expensive in both prod
by WheelsAtLarge 5y ago
I see the point of testing backups and it's good advice. But the real problem is that preparing for an emergency that never comes is very expensive in both productivity and costs. You can be 99.99% ready for a ransomware attack that would cost a lot but it would hit your organization's productivity hard. Yet there's a large possibility that the preparedness will go to waste because it will never be used.
We need to find solutions that are very inexpensive but effective. I can only think of it being a cloud based solution where it will be trivial to reset and start over. I suspect that disaster recovery as a service(RaaS) should be part of any cloud based service. I get that some companies are so large and complicated that it would be impossible to provide that service for them but there are plenty of small to mid-size companies for which the service would be possible. So it's possible to offer it as part of any service package.
RaaS has the great advantage that the costs can be shared among many companies so no one company needs to deal with the large costs that may never be used. It will also solve the problem associated with the constant up keep. It's hard to prepare for a disaster but it's even harder to keep it going for as long as it's needed. In addition, the increase in complexity for bad actors would decrease the incentives for ransomware in general.
This won't happen now but given time it would largely fix the current situation for all.
- herpderperator 5y ago> Yet there's a large possibility that the preparedness will go to waste because it will never be used. Is this something companies want to gamble their future on?
- lazide 5y agoIs it something that is easy to do by ignoring the possibility of it happening - and therefore is the default? Sure seems like it!
- csomar 5y ago> Yet there's a large possibility that the preparedness will go to waste because it will never be used. Human mistakes, hardware errors, and the increase of ransomware. That, and many companies relies on their IT infrastructure for their existence. I think backups are well worth it.
- ramraj07 5y agoAll a bit bs much? You can get a Volvo or you can get a Suzuki swift. A swift is cheaper, and most of the time it runs fine. The day your car gets pancaked you’re gonna know the difference if that day comes. But don’t for a moment try and request anyone to see the plight of the dead in the swift, because they literally reaped what they sowed. Backing up your system for disaster recovery is something that has been known as expected for ages. If you’re too stingy or dumb to realize and do such processes (especially years after the first ransomware attacks) your business definitely deserves to die a horrible death. Only hope is innocent people don’t get affected by it. But they probably will.
- WheelsAtLarge 5y agoHuman nature is what it is. We know the solution to disaster recovery is a backup plan but yet Ransomware continues to happen and getting worse. Your solution of doing the same is not a fix. What can you offer that helps rather than to continue to offer the same solution that does not solve the overall problem? I'm sure network admins have talked themselves blue telling management what needs to happen to protect their IT assets but Ransomware continues to be a profitable business.