World Backup Day Returns as Ransomware Epidemic Bites

March 31st designated as World Backup Day.

Phil Muncaster

Industry experts have been urging businesses to use World Backup Day today to rethink how they can better protect their most valuable assets, especially in light of the ransomware epidemic sweeping the globe.

The annual global awareness raising campaign, which describes itself as an “independent initiative,” quotes 2013 figures from backup and storage firm Backblaze on its homepage claiming that 29% of users have never backed up their data, although this is a US-centric study and mainly consumer-focused.

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Source: http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/

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