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Ransomware got your business down? You\u2019re not alone. This type of malware is ripping through the enterprise, leaving damage is in its wake and some empty pockets. Organizations large and small are realizing that they have to step up their game if they want to prevent a ransomware attack.<\/p>\n
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If ransomware affects your backups, the only way to recover data may be to give in to this scheme and set up a bitcoin account to pay to get your stuff back or you may lose it forever. That\u2019s when you become \u201cmad as hell,\u201d according to Infrascale\u2019s Director of Channel Marketing Derek Wood<\/a>. And understandably so, given that there is no guarantee that you\u2019ll get your data back, even if you do pay. You are dealing with cyber criminals after all.<\/p>\n We know what you\u2019re thinking, you did all the right things. You purchased a business-grade backup system, your backups were tested on a regular basis and your backup drives were refreshed to protect against hardware system failure.<\/p>\n However, this is often not enough when it comes to ransomware. In fact, North American paid over $1 billion in ransoms throughout 2016 and this year is expected to see an even higher number. If you\u2019d like to prevent this from happening to you in the future, Wood suggests<\/a> taking a look at the four items below and rethinking why your backup and disaster recovery plan did not save you.<\/p>\n
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