For decades, business continuity planning meant preparing for anomalous events like hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, or regional power outages. In anticipation of these rare disasters, IT teams built playbooks, ran annual tests, crossed their fingers, and hoped theyโd never have to use them.
In recent years, an even more persistent threat has emerged. Cyber incidents, particularly ransomware, are now more commonโand often, more damagingโthan physical disasters. In a recent survey of more than 500 CISOs, almost three-quarters (72%) said their organization had dealt with ransomware in the previous year. Earlier in 2025, ransomware attack rates on enterprises reached record highs.
Mark Vaughn, senior director of the virtualization practice at Presidio, has witnessed the trend firsthand. โWhen I speak at conferences, Iโll ask the room, โHow many people have been impacted?โ For disaster recovery, you usually get a few hands,โ he says. โBut a little over a year ago, I asked how many people in the room had been hit by ransomware, and easily two-thirds of the hands went up.โ
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