This guide examines the evolving ransomware threat landscape, emphasizing that modern attacks increasingly target backup environments to prevent recovery. It outlines the true financial and operational costs of ransomware, including extended downtime, data loss, and reputational damage. Using the NIST framework—Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover—the guide explains how layered defenses across primary and backup systems improve outcomes. Key recommendations include immutable air-gapped backups, AI-driven anomaly detection, automated response playbooks, and clean recovery validation. The guide positions cloud-native data protection as a critical component of ransomware defense, enabling faster detection, safer restores, and recovery in days instead of weeks or months.

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