Published by CertIQ · Essential Eight guide G4 · 8 points toward CertIQ Ready
The question "do you back up your data?" is almost always answered yes. The more useful question — the one the ASD Essential Eight is actually asking — is whether your backups could survive a ransomware attack and whether you have proven that they work.
Most Australian businesses discover the quality of their backup strategy during a crisis. By then, it is too late to fix it.
This guide explains what the ASD requires from backups, why the common approaches leave businesses exposed, and how to build a backup strategy that will actually protect you — and that your cyber insurer will recognise as adequate.
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