E384 - How Ransomware Targets Your Backups—and How to Stop It?

Your backups may be the very first thing a ransomware attacker tries to destroy.

For years, the 3-2-1 backup rule was considered the gold standard for protecting critical data: keep three copies, store them across two different media types, and maintain one copy offsite. That strategy was built for an era when hardware failure, fires, floods, and physical storage problems were the biggest threats.

Modern ransomware changed the equation.

In this episode, David and Sophia trace the evolution of backup architecture from the classic 3-2-1 rule to the modern 3-2-1...