As ransomware attacks have skyrocketed, offsite backups have become an essential layer of cyber resilience. This is because ransomware attackers know that if they can destroy or encrypt your data backups, they gain leverage in their extortion scheme. Because of this, it has become common for ransomware attackers to search for a victim’s backups first, before sending the ransom note. When you store a set of data backups in a location that is physically separate from your main network, ransomware attackers who penetrate your network are not able to locate them. This reduces the pressure on you as the victim, because you know that even though the attackers may destroy data from your main network, your offsite backups are safely out of their reach. With a backup management plan that includes offsite backups, you are no longer faced with the ugly dilemma of either losing your data to ransomware attackers or paying the ransom to receive the encryption key to decrypt your data. After containing the attack, your business can move forward with data recovery using your offsite backups and resume operations.