2022 Ransomware Trends Report

In January 2022 an independent research firm surveyed over 1,000 unbiased IT leaders about the impact that ransomware had on their environments, as well as what their IT strategies and data protection initiatives are moving forward. Respondents came from organizations of all sizes from over 16 different countries across APJ, EMEA and the Americas.

All respondents must have experienced at least one cyberattack in 2021, and most actually experienced at least two attacks over that period. On average, about half (47%) of their data was encrypted by ransomware, and vulnerability was pervasive across all parts of a hybrid- or multi-cloud architecture.

This is the first broad, ransomware-related market study conducted on Veeam’s behalf. The survey was developed to understand the organizational threat, operational impact, financial impact and shift and/or adoption of mitigation practices.

This report is presented in four sections:

• RANSOMWARE PERVASIVENESS AND FREQUENCY
• EMEDIATION METHODS AND OUTCOMES
• IMMUTABILITY AND AIR GAP
• ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT BETWEEN CYBER, BACKUP AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY/DISASTER RECOVERY (BC/DR)

About the research

This research report summarizes the learnings of 1,000 organizations, all of whom had been attacked by ransomware, including:

• 400 security professionals
  Operators of cybersecurity detection or prevention technologies
• 200 IT operations
  Primarily focused on production IT system delivery
• 200 backup administrator
  Operators of data protection mechanisms and processes
• 200 CISO or other equivalent IT executives
  Responsible for cybersecurity preparedness