What major cyberattacks reveal about the cost of slow recovery

This article emphasizes that simply having backups isn't enough to protect against cyberattacks – the speed of recovery is crucial. Major incidents like WannaCry and the Colonial Pipeline attack demonstrate that even with backups, slow restoration times lead to significant financial losses, operational disruptions, and damage to reputation. Organizations need to define and test a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) to ensure they can restore critical systems quickly and effectively, rather than discovering recovery limitations during an active attack.