Versioned Backups and Ransomware Protection
A single backup that simply overwrites itself each night is dangerously fragile. If your data is corrupted or encrypted by ransomware and then backed up, your only copy is now the bad one. Versioned backups solve this by keeping history.
This article explains how keeping multiple points in time is one of the strongest defences against ransomware.
What Versioning Means
Instead of one ever-changing copy, versioned backups keep many dated copies, so you can go back to before a problem started.
- Roll back to a known-good day, not just last night.
- Recover individual files as they were at any point.
- Survive slow-moving corruption that takes days to notice.
How It Beats Ransomware
Ransomware encrypts your live data and hopes your backups follow. With versioned, ideally immutable backups you simply restore a clean version from before the attack — and refuse to pay.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many versions should we keep?
Enough to cover the time it might take to notice a problem — often daily versions for a month and weekly for longer.
Doesn't keeping versions use a lot of storage?
Less than you might think, because most versioning only stores what changed between copies.
If you need a hand with any of this, your Progressive Robot delivery team is ready to help. Raise a ticket from the Support area of your client portal or speak to your account manager and we will guide you through the next steps.