Prolonged Business Outages Remain a Major Risk for Organisations as FrontierAI accelerates Cyber Threats, Triangle Survey Reveals 64% of companies are missing a key risk remediation, Organisations continue to face significant challenges in preparing for and recovering from cyberattacks, according to Triangle’s independent Cyber Recovery Readiness survey conducted among 130 IT and security decision makers.
Whilst 62% of respondents confirmed their organisation has isolated backups only 36% could validate the integrity of that data when needed.
“Many organisations are investing heavily in AI for prevention of cyber attacks, but far fewer regularly test their ability to recover from a breach, explains Michelle Harris, Director of Cyber Recovery at Triangle Technology Services. “Recovery readiness is now a critical business issue, and this survey provides valuable insight into how prepared organisations really are when disruption occurs.”
The survey found:
. 51% of organisations have a clean recovery environment
. 62% of businesses have a co-ordinated recovery team
. 62% have an isolated backup copy
. 49% of organisations have tested/rehearsed recovery in the last 12 months
. 36% of businesses can validate their backup data integrity
“While threat awareness is real and growing, it has not yet translated into the right kind of action”, adds Michelle. “The National Cyber Security Centre in Britain changed their focus from prevention to recovery. They’re saying organisations should assume there will be an event. That hasn’t filtered through to a lot of organisations, where they are still focusing on prevention, which they do still have to do, of course.”
Regulated industries, such as finance, naturally tend to take these measures more seriously.
The risk of assuming that having backup data proves recovery is something Michelle said is badly misjudged. “As cyberattacks become more sophisticated, businesses need to assume breaches will occur and ensure, through regular testing, they can recover operations quickly and securely.”
A key Triangle finding is that cyber-resilient organisations have significantly reduced their risk of a prolonged business outage and can ultimately recover faster from cyber attacks. “Organisations that have implemented mature cyber recovery capabilities know in advance of a breach what data they will recover, where they will be recovering to and how long it will take, so there is no guesswork involved when everyone is under pressure”, concludes Michelle.
The survey revealed that 64% of companies cannot prove the integrity of their backup data and are therefore not confident in being able to recover their business successfully following a cyber-attack.
About Triangle
Triangle Technology Services was established in 1999. The company has offices in Ballsbridge, Dublin from where they serve their customers in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland as well as international customers. With an annual turnover in excess of €50 million, Triangle has grown to over 120 employees who hold qualifications and certifications across a broad range of technologies. Triangle has long term partnerships with many leading hardware and software companies and works closely with these partners to deliver benefits to customers.
To learn more about Triangle, please visit www.triangle.ie.