Security just confirmed the intrusion, and now every question lands on you: What was hit? When did it start? Which backup can you trust? You’re digging through one console while Security digs through another, and every minute of downtime makes those answers more expensive.

If this sounds familiar, you’re in good company. In most organizations, Security operations and IT backup teams operate in parallel rather than together, and attackers know it. It is no secret that ransomware attacks target backups directly. They’re your last line of defense. But those backups also hold a wealth of threat intelligence: Evidence of what was hit, when it started, and what’s still clean. ... Read more