36% of government IT does not have a documented disaster recovery plan

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The experience and habits of IT departments when it comes to ransomware and data recovery were analyzed in a recent report by Arcserve.

The findings reveal several weaknesses that can hamper government departments' fight against ransomware and their ability to recover data.

Key findings include:

36% of government IT departments do not have a documented disaster recovery plan.
38% of government IT departments have a comprehensive business continuity plan that includes recovery, interim solutions and communication.
24% of remote government workers are not equipped with backup and recovery solutions.
45% of government IT departments mistakenly believe it is not their responsibility to recover data and applications in public clouds.
33% of government organizations require over a day to recover from severe data loss, despite 82% reporting that less than one day is an acceptable level of downtime for critical systems.
34% are very confident in their IT team's ability to recover all lost data in the event of a ransomware attack.

ON DEMAND: Business-impacting events such as severe weather, man-made disasters, and supply chain disruption are increasing in frequency and making impacts around the globe.

In today's rapidly evolving security landscape, organizations face an ever-growing array of disruptive events, security threats and risks. Traditional reactive approaches to security intelligence often leave businesses vulnerable and ill-prepared to anticipate and mitigate emerging threats that could impact the safety of their people, facilities or operations.