With technology playing a pivotal role in the modern business landscape, organisations cannot afford to stay offline for sustained periods of time after experiencing a devastating cyber attack.
For companies that offer digital products and services, users will quickly become frustrated and potentially flock to competitors the longer an internet product or service is offline.
And considering that so many employees use internet-based devices and software to complete their work nowadays, a company’s entire internal operations can come to a halt if it is the victim of a cyber attack.
Recent examples include Hackney Council in London and the British Library, both of which saw extended periods with systems offline as a result of being hit by ransomware.
Clearly, businesses must do all they can to contain and remediate cyber attacks and restart disrupted IT systems as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, this is a complex process – with businesses often torn between restoring systems from a clean backup or rebuilding them completely.
Restoring compromised systems after an attack may also result in new cyber threats and IT problems for businesses. But security experts…
