If your security strategy is based on "we have an antivirus" and "we copy to a USB drive on Fridays," your company is in imminent danger.
Ransomware has evolved. They are no longer manual hackers trying passwords. Now they useArtificial Intelligence to automate attacks, scan networks in seconds, and most critically: find and destroy your backups before encrypting your real data.
Your 2020 backup strategy is useless against 2024 AI threats. Here we explain why and how we solve it.
1. The Problem: The 'Silent' Attack and the Backup Hunt
AI allows attackers to analyze your network infrastructure much faster than a human. Once inside, they don't attack immediately.
- Dwell Time:AI-driven malware can 'sleep' on your servers for weeks, learning where you store your backups (NAS, cloud, secondary servers).
- Backup Infection:If you perform daily backups and the virus has been inside for 15 days,your last 15 backups are also infected. When you try to restore, you will reinstall the virus.
- Credential Destruction:The AI specifically looks for the administrator credentials of your backup systems (like Veeam or Synology) to delete everything before the final attack.
2. The Technical Solution: Immutability and the 3-2-1-1-0 Rule
Against an AI designed to destroy, the only defense is a copy thatcannot be modified, not even with administrator permissions.
We implement modern strategies based on immutability:
- Immutable Storage (Object Locking):We configure backup repositories where data is written once and locked by policy (e.g., 30 days). Neither you, nor us, nor a hacker with AI and all the passwords can delete or encrypt that data until the term expires.
- The 3-2-1-1-0 Strategy:
- 3copies of data.
- 2different media (e.g., Local Disk and NAS).
- 1copy offsite (Cloud).
- 1 IMMUTABLE copy(Offline or with object locking).
- 0errors in automated restoration tests.
3. Why do you need a managed backup service?
Having the tool is not having the strategy. Many companies have the software, but the network configuration (which we also audit) allows an attacker to laterally move to the backup server.
Our service is not just about selling disk space; it's about designing the recovery architecture:
- Network Segmentation:Isolate backup traffic from the rest of the office.
- Restoration Tests:Do you know how long it takes you to recover 1TB of data? We measure it (RTO and RPO) to guarantee operational continuity.
Conclusion
AI is helping cybercriminals become more efficient. Your defense must be equally sophisticated. If your backup can be deleted with a click, you don't have a backup.
Would your backups withstand a modern ransomware attack?Don't wait for disaster. We audit your current strategy and implement AI-proof immutable repositories. 👉Request a security and backup audit here