This North American edition summarizes insights from 350 regional victims within a 1,200-organization global survey. Page 2 shows 85% suffered at least one cyberattack, revealing persistent misalignment between cybersecurity and backup teams. Insurance became costlier, with 75% paying via insurance but facing higher deductibles and reduced coverage. Pages 3–4 show that even ransom payment does not guarantee recovery—19% still could not restore data. Backup repositories were targeted in 93% of attacks, with 76% losing at least some data. The report stresses immutability, hybrid restoration options, malware-free staged recovery, and validated clean backups as the foundation for resilient response.

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