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53% of Data Protection & Storage Leaders to Improve the Way They Detect Deviations from Ransomware Protection Guidelines, According to New Report


Continuity announces “The Storage & Data Protection Survey Report 2024”

NEW YORK CITY — September 5, 2024Continuity, a leading provider of cyber resilience solutions, today published the results of a new research entitled Storage & Data Protection Survey Report 2024.

Over half of the survey respondents are looking to improve the way they detect deviation from ransomware protection best practices and vendor’s hardening guidelines, while a similar number are looking to improve the way they detect storage & backup devices exposed to security advisories and alerts.

Ransomware has pushed storage, data protection, and cyber recovery back onto the IT and corporate agenda. Throughout 2024, ransomware groups have been actively targeting enterprise storage and backup systems, to prevent recovery.

The purpose of this survey was to understand the 2025 priorities of Storage and IT Infrastructure leaders for managing configuration of their storage & data protection environments, deploying new cyber recovery capabilities, as well as navigating audit compliance requirements.

Top areas for improvement are:

  • 65% – Detecting hardware or software reaching end-of-support
  • 53% – Detecting deviation from ransomware protection best practices and vendor’s hardening guidelines
  • 53% – Providing on-demand configuration compliance evidence reporting
  • 42% – Detecting immutability and isolation misconfigurations

“We conducted this research to learn more about the current challenges and future priorities of Fortune 500 organizations,” said Gil Hecht, CEO of Continuity. “The research shows Storage leaders taking a more proactive approach to managing security misconfigurations, proving audit compliance, and hardening their most mission-critical systems.”

Continuity’s flagship product, StorageGuard, scans, detects and fixes security misconfigurations and vulnerabilities across storage and backup devices. StorageGuard gives customers complete visibility of security risks in their storage and backup environment, while hardening these critical systems, and guaranteeing compliance with security and industry standards.

The Storage & Data Protection Survey Report and more information about Continuity’s StorageGuard are available online.

About Continuity

With the rise in cybersecurity threats, Continuity is the only solution provider that helps enterprises protect their data by securing their storage, backup, and data protection systems. Continuity’s StorageGuard provides organizations with visibility of all security misconfigurations and vulnerabilities in their storage and backup systems, while automating regulatory compliance.

Among Continuity’s customers are the world’s largest financial services firms and Fortune 500 enterprises, including six of the top ten U.S. banks. For more information, please visit www.continuitysoftware.com.



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