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Ransomware-Proof Backups for Alberta Businesses

Not a backup ransomware can find and delete right alongside everything else. Continuous, isolated backups built so recovery is always the option — not the ransom — included in every LogosCyber plan.

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What It Actually Is

Attackers go after your backups first, on purpose.

Modern ransomware does not just encrypt your live files. Before it does anything else, it actively hunts down and destroys backup copies — because a business that can simply restore from backup has no reason to pay. A backup sitting on the same network, reachable the same way as everything else, is just as exposed as anything else on that network.

Ransomware-proof means the backup copies live somewhere that kind of access genuinely cannot reach: stored in a way that cannot be altered or deleted once written, and isolated from the main network rather than sitting one step away from it. Backups also run continuously, not once a night or once a week — so the most you would ever lose is a small window of recent work, not a full day or more.

96%
Of Attacks Target Backups
of ransomware attacks specifically try to compromise backup repositories first, and 76% of those attempts succeed
8×
Higher Recovery Cost
the recovery cost when backups are compromised, compared to when they survive intact — $3M versus $375K, median
4%
Fully Recover After Paying
of organizations that pay a ransom get all their data back, and 80% are attacked again within a year

Sources: Veeam 2024 Data Protection Trends Report; Sophos, The Impact of Compromised Backups on Ransomware Outcomes; Fortinet 2025 Global Threat Landscape Report.

Why This Actually Works

Paying the ransom is a worse bet than most people assume.

Only 4% of organizations that pay actually get all their data back, and 80% get targeted again within a year — paying does not reliably solve the problem, and it marks a business as willing to pay for the next attempt. Recovering from a backup the attacker never touched is the only version of this where a business gets back to normal on its own timeline, without funding the people who attacked it.

The financial case is just as direct. The median recovery cost when backups survive intact is $375,000; when backups are compromised too, it jumps to $3 million — an eight-fold difference. Keeping backups genuinely out of reach is one of the highest-leverage things a business can do for what it actually costs.

The Jargon, Decoded

Terms you might see, translated.

What the industry calls itWhat it actually meansWhy it matters to you
ImmutableCannot be changed or deleted, by anyoneEven someone with full administrator access to your network — including an attacker — cannot alter or delete an immutable backup once it is written.
Air-GappedDisconnected from your main networkIf a backup is not reachable from the systems ransomware infects, ransomware cannot touch it — full stop.
RPO (Recovery Point Objective)How much recent work you could loseThe gap between backups. Continuous backup versus once-a-night is the difference between losing minutes of work and losing a full day.
RTO (Recovery Time Objective)How fast you're actually back up and runningThe target time for systems to be fully restored and operational again after an incident, not just for data to technically exist somewhere.

How It Actually Runs

The process, start to finish.

1

Backups run continuously

Not on a nightly job someone could miss — recent work stays protected on an ongoing basis.

2

Copies are kept somewhere ransomware can't reach

Isolated and immutable, so even a fully compromised network can't touch what's already been backed up.

3

Recovery is tested, not assumed

Restores are actually verified to work, rather than trusting that a backup exists and hoping it's usable when it counts.

Included, Not Upsold

Ransomware-proof backups are in every LogosCyber plan.

This isn't a feature you have to upgrade to get. Every plan gets the same continuous, isolated backup protection — the only choice across tiers is your Cork Cyber financial warranty level, not whether recovery is actually an option.

Common Questions

What business owners ask before signing up.

“If ransomware gets into our network, can't it still reach the backups too?”

That's exactly what this is built to prevent.

Backups are stored somewhere isolated and immutable, so even an attacker with full administrator access to the rest of the network cannot alter or delete them.

“How much work could we actually lose if something happens?”

A small window, not a full day.

Because backups run continuously rather than on a nightly schedule, the realistic worst case is losing recent minutes of work, not an entire day or more.

“How long would it actually take to get back up and running?”

That's the whole point of testing it in advance.

Recovery time depends on what needs restoring, but the target is measured and planned for ahead of time, rather than being discovered for the first time during an actual incident.

“Do you actually test that a restore works, or just trust the backup exists?”

Tested, not assumed.

Restores are verified to actually work rather than just confirming a backup job completed. A backup that has never been tested is a guess, not a plan.

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