Cybersecurity Awareness Month
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It’s Not Just About Prevention, It’s About Recovery
October is more than just a time for candy. It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, reminding us that security is an ongoing mindset, not just a task to check off. For any business, threats are changing quickly. Hackers now target your backups and your ability to recover, not just your main systems.
This year, it’s more important than ever to remember that resilience is not just nice to have—it’s essential.
Why “Backups” Alone Don’t Cut It in 2025
Backups were once your safety net. Now, they are often the target.
- Fileless or low-and-slow attacks can silently encrypt data without triggering alarms.
- Ransomware actors infiltrate backup pipelines and “poison” restore points.
- This means that restoring from a backup could bring back the same threat you were trying to remove.
AWS offers tools like AWS Backup, immutable storage, and air-gapped vaults. But there’s still a challenge: how can you be sure your backups are clean and ready to use? Elastio helps solve this by making recovery reliable and closes the gap. The Elastio approach is simple—don’t wait for an attack to test your recovery, but the solution is critical to survival.
Real-World Success Stories
Abstract arguments are fine, but nothing beats real customer stories. Here are a few we’ve published:
- SaaS Company Beats “Extinction-Level” Attack: A stealth, fileless ransomware hit. The attackers had already encrypted data and embedded themselves into backups. Most recovery efforts would have failed. But with Elastio and AWS, the team identified a clean recovery point in hours and restored operations
“For a SaaS company, long-term downtime is the kiss of death. If you can’t meet your SLAs, it can be an extinction-level event.” — Jeff Fudge, Director of Cloud Solutions, JetSweep
- State Health Agency: Public Trust on the Line: For a public health department, downtime isn’t just inconvenient; it can disrupt essential services. By continuously validating backups across their AWS environments, Elastio gave them confidence that they could recover fast, reliably, and cleanly.
“Ransomware recovery used to feel like walking a tightrope. With Elastio, we’ve replaced guesswork with certainty, knowing our backups are clean and ready to restore—letting us focus on protecting public health.” Information Security Manager, State Health Agency
- Banking and Finance: Hardening Financial-Risk Posture:Financial organizations are prime targets. In a recent project, Elastio delivered a ransomware resilience posture for a global payments company, protecting them from both direct attacks and backup-level compromise.
“Elastio has been a game changer. It’s not just about meeting NYDFS compliance—it’s about knowing we’re truly prepared to protect our business and our customers.” CIO, Financial Services
These aren’t isolated wins. They are proof points that integrating proven recovery in environments changes the game.
Make Cyber Resilience Non-Negotiable
To wrap up:
- Read the Elastio case studies in our Knowledge Hub. See how others are winning.
- Audit your backup and recovery posture. Are you validating clean restore points, or hoping they work when you need them? What is your ransomware risk?
- Let’s chat! If you want to build a resilient, verifiable, and proactive recovery strategy, we should connect.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month is about raising awareness, but awareness should lead to action. Let’s make 2025 the year you stop fearing ransomware recovery and start owning it.
