Backups are great, but what happens when the backup file gets corrupted? Ransomware-resistant backups create a wall against cyberattacks, storing backup files in a read-only state which cannot be modified, encrypted, or removed. 

The adoption of ransomware-resistant backups by all university business units is strongly recommended as part of the updated Information Security Policies. While there are numerous server backup providers on the market, ITS provides a solution through Cohesity to ensure system backups cannot be overwritten by ransomware. 

Ransomware-resistant backups create a wall against cyberattacks, storing backup files in a read-only state that cannot be modified, encrypted, or removed. Cohesity, the ransomware-resistant backup solution that ITS provides, ensures FSU backup data cannot be tampered with, delivering the highest level of protection against ransomware attacks by detecting anomalies that pose potential ransomware threats to predetermined recovery points and ensures that protected backup data cannot be overwritten or encapsulated by ransomware. Optionally, backups could be stored offsite.  

If departments do not have appropriate and secure backups, request this service from ITS for a cost estimate to protect systems with ransomware-resistant backups. Each department will be responsible for this cost. By purchasing this software through ITS, we will assist in the backup process, and units will receive the software at cost. Interested departments should work with your budget manager to prepare for this requirement in the new fiscal year.