Immutable backup storage is the best protection against ransomware, but many businesses don’t have it

• Immutable backup storage is the best ransomware protection
• Research shows backups are almost always targeted in ransomware attacks
• Ransomware is on the rise already in 2025

Ransomware attacks in the first quarter of 2025 set new records, up by 84% in the same period of 2024.

Moreover, ransomware is often talked about as an attack that businesses should expect to be hit by, with two-thirds of organizations experiencing an attack in the last two years.

But it’s not all doom and gloom, as new research from backup storage provider Object First shows that 81% of IT decision makers agree that immutable backup storage is the best ransomware protection.

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