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Most businesses think their IT team has cyber incidents covered, but have you actually put that to the test? Dave from GoodChoice IT explains why running a recovery test before ransomware strikes can be a real game-changer. Can your team actually get everything back online? Do you even know who to call, how long it might take, or where your insurance details are kept?
Key Takeaways
- Test your IT team’s ransomware recovery process before an attack happens.
- Know your insurance provider’s contact details and policy number.
- A tested recovery plan significantly speeds up restoration.
- Businesses with plans are more likely to survive cyber incidents.
The Importance of Testing Your Recovery Plan
It sounds simple enough, right? Get your IT team together and spend some time figuring out what would actually happen if you had a ransomware incident and needed to restore everything. How long would it take? What’s the actual process? What would they do first?
And it’s not just about the technical side. Think about the practicalities: How would you contact your insurance provider? Do you even know their contact details? What about your policy number? Is all of this information stored somewhere accessible, perhaps in a disaster recovery plan that can actually be used?
You really don’t want to be making this stuff up as you go along. When you do have a ransomware attack or a serious cyber incident, trying to figure it all out then is going to take a very, very long time to recover.
The Real Cost of an Attack
We’ve seen examples of this already. Take the recent Marks and Spencer attack, for instance. It reportedly cost them a massive 300 million pounds, and it’s expected to take them around six months to fully recover. That’s a huge hit to any business, big or small.
Planning for Survival
There’s pretty clear evidence out there that businesses that have these plans in place are much more likely to survive. If you don’t have the plans, if you haven’t tested them, you’re really not going to survive the fallout. It’s not worth the risk to just hope for the best.
