The Acronis white paper outlines a 12-step cyber resilience plan to counter rising ransomware threats and AI-driven attacks. With breach costs averaging $5.53M in 2024, businesses must combine defense and recovery. Defensive steps include AI-enabled anti-malware, EDR, email filtering, network hardening, and strict access control. Skills and process measures stress security awareness training, automated patching, agent consolidation, and use of frameworks like NIST. Recovery requires robust backup with immutability, disaster recovery services, and a tested incident response plan. The framework helps firms meet regulatory standards, strengthen defenses, and ensure continuity despite evolving threats.

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