Why Cyber Threat Resilience Has Become a Priority

In the digital age, the increasing connectivity of business systems, institutions, and citizens brings many advantages but also opens the door to more frequent cyberattacks. Comping conducted a survey last year on the state of cybersecurity in Croatia. The results show that threats are indeed recognized: respondents almost unanimously rated them as a serious business risk.

Technology solution & presales director Nedeljko Matejak pointed out that, according to Comping’s ‘Cybersecurity Survey’, 11.4 percent of respondents had been victims of a security incident in the past year. This indicates that threats are no longer theoretical and rare, although these numbers may not initially seem high, in reality, any company can become a victim.

Safe Data Storage

The results show that nearly half of them do not have defined and practiced response methods for incidents, and less than 70 percent have a disaster recovery plan.

– It is concerning that organizations do not have established processes for responding when an attack occurs. However, it is encouraging that as many as 97.7 percent of respondents use data backups. Backup has become a standard line of defense, especially against ransomware, but the research simultaneously warns that having a backup is not enough – emphasizes Matejak.

To enable organizations to ensure that backups truly serve as the last line of defense, Comping offers solutions for secure data storage with an element of resilience against cyberattacks – Cyber Resilience Data Protection.

– The approach of Comping Cyber Resilience Data Protection encompasses not only the creation of copies but also their verification, protection, and real-time management. Among the software tools we use, I would highlight the solutions Dell CyberRecovery and Cyber Sense, i.e., the design Cyber Vault, as well as the solution Dell PowerProtect Data Manager which combines backup, data protection, and management, allowing centralized management of backups for databases, applications, virtual machines, and containers. It protects against ransomware with immutable copies and advanced detection of suspicious behavior, integrates with security tools, provides advanced access control, is adaptable to work in cloud and on-premise environments, and helps in compliance with regulatory frameworks such as GDPR – states Matejak.

Active Element of Defense

In the last decade, backups have evolved from a simple technical solution into one of the key elements of defense.

– The reason is that threats are no longer limited to system failures or human errors, but include sophisticated attacks such as ransomware and targeted sabotage. In such an environment, a backup can no longer be a passive data repository; it must act as an active and intelligent security layer – says Matejak.

The foundation of the cyber aware and cyber protect concept is that backups recognize irregularities, protect data from intentional manipulation, and can integrate with other security systems. Immutable copies and strict access control models are becoming standard as attackers specifically target the destruction or compromise of backups.

A new challenge arises from the field of quantum computing. Encryption algorithms have been the foundation of digital security for decades, but they could become vulnerable to the capabilities of quantum processors. This raises the question of timely implementation of quantum-resistant algorithms and adaptation of security architectures.

– Backup in the future should be viewed as an active defense mechanism. Their role transcends the boundaries of technical assurance and becomes a strategic tool in preserving the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data in a digital age shaped by new technologies and threats – concludes Matejak.

Content created in collaboration with Comping and Dell Technologies