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Fast recovery from cyberattacks leaves firms exposed
UK businesses prioritize speed over security when recovering from breaches, risking reinfection and further attacks.
In brief
UK businesses prioritize speed over security when recovering from breaches, risking reinfection and further attacks. Cohesity research shows 74% of UK firms prioritize recovery speed over quality, with 70% failing to verify attackers are fully removed, leaving them vulnerable to reinfection. Originally reported by…
Three in four firms rush recovery
Cohesity research reveals 74% of UK organizations prioritize recovery speed over quality after cyberattacks, putting themselves at greater risk.
Attackers often left in systems
Nearly 70% of breached UK firms fail to verify that attackers have been fully removed from their systems after a cyberattack.
Prevention gets the budget
Three-quarters of surveyed UK businesses admit cyber resilience investments focus too heavily on prevention rather than response and recovery.
CEOs expect unrealistic timelines
Half of UK CEOs expect basic business operations to resume within just 24 hours, creating a false sense of security about recovery readiness.
Responsibility remains unclear
UK firms disagree on who decides which systems restore first: 23% say the entire board, 21% the CTO, 20% the CEO, 14% a security advisory board.
Define what must survive first
Cohesity urges firms to define their Minimum Viable Company: essential systems and services needed to continue operations after attack. Only 17% have documented, tested definitions.
“If you restore a system before verifying attacker access has genuinely been removed, you risk reinfecting yourself.”
The headline
Cohesity research shows 74% of UK firms prioritize recovery speed over quality, with 70% failing to verify attackers are fully removed, leaving them vulnerable to reinfection.
