the bitglass blog

The recent ransomware attacks that ravaged organizations around the globe last week have brought sudden attention to a longstanding problem. Few enterprises today are prepared for a ransomware attack and while most discussions focus on detection capabilities, disaster recovery is often overlooked. Disaster recovery strategies have always focused on server side failures – datacenters going offline, corrupted databases, and the like – not on mass disablement of clients (laptops and desktops).

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you know that there has been a notable increase in cyberattacks around the world. Hackers have been spreading a type of ransomware called “WannaCry” via emails that trick recipients to open attachments that make them vulnerable to the attack.