Why Acting Now on Ransomware Resilience Is Imperative

As 2025 winds down, every C-suite leader faces the same question: Can we recover tomorrow if we’re hit today?

Ransomware is evolving faster than most defenses. Attackers now go straight for the backups—the very systems meant to save you. Too many organizations discover too late that their “safety net” has already been compromised.

Enter 2026 confident in your ability to withstand and recover from an attack.

“Before Elastio, recovery was guesswork; we were restoring blindly and hoping backups were clean. Now we know they are. Elastio was operational in days, not weeks, delivering immediate ROI with verified recovery assurance and less audit friction. When the board asks, ‘Can we recover tomorrow if we’re hit today?’ I have the confidence and proof to say "Yes." The proof is built into our daily operations.” - CISO, Financial Services

The time to act is now. The cost of waiting? Measured in millions, and in reputational damage, lost customers, lost data, and on and on.

1. Every Day You Wait, Risk Increases: Ransomware attacks are up 80% year over year, and backup data is the #1 target. Elastio detects and removes infected backups before attackers weaponize them—so recovery becomes proactive, not reactive.
2. Be Protected by the Weekend: Elastio’s agentless, SaaS-based deployment integrates seamlessly with your existing backup and cloud environments. You can be fully operational in under 48 hours—no new infrastructure, no downtime.
3. Turn Recovery from Guesswork into a Guarantee: Without proof of clean recovery points, restoring data is a gamble. Elastio pinpoints the last known clean point so you can restore with certainty, not luck.
4. The Cost of Waiting Is Measured in Millions: The average ransomware recovery costs $4.5M and nearly a month of downtime. Elastio mitigates that risk at a fraction of the cost. The ROI is immediate—and measurable.
5. Compliance Deadlines Don’t Pause for Breaches: Regulators, including SEC, NYDFS, DORA, and MAS TRM, now demand verifiable proof of recoverability. Elastio delivers continuous, automated evidence of clean backups—reducing audit friction and regulatory risk.
6. Backups Are the New Battlefield: Attackers target the recovery process itself. Elastio detects encryption patterns, dormant malware, and hidden payloads that traditional EDR tools miss before they spread.
7. Strengthen the AWS Foundation You Already Own: Elastio runs natively within AWS allowing for simplifying your deployment (no new console, no new agents, no disruption). You enhance resilience without adding complexity.
8. Stop Planning, Start Protecting: The organizations hit hardest are the ones that planned to act later. Ransomware resilience isn’t a Q2 initiative—it’s a right-now requirement.
9. Give Leadership Real Confidence: Boards and CISOs want proof, not promises. Elastio provides verifiable integrity reports—evidence your backups are clean and your recovery is trustworthy.
10. Transfer the Risk, Today: Within a week, Elastio can validate your environment, protect your backups, and deliver continuous evidence of clean recovery points. Don’t carry this risk into 2026.

Enter 2026 Confident

Ransomware Resilience Can’t Wait: Ransomware resilience isn’t just a security decision—it’s a leadership decision. Validate your recovery, protect your brand, and walk into 2026 with confidence—not uncertainty.