The Next Great Threat to Business IT
When companies are victimized by ransomware, they then have to find a way to retrieve their data and get affected employees back to work before it significantly affects the business. While the ransom demanded can be costly at up to $5,000 per user, downtime is often even more detrimental. Intermedia's report found that 72 percent of organizations could not access their data for at least two days following a ransomware outbreak, and 32 percent lost access for five days or more. Even worse, 19 percent of the companies that paid the ransom still didn't get their files back. This interruption to "business as usual" can result in lost opportunities and decreased customer satisfaction that can have long-lasting ramifications on a company's success.