Despite improved security posture, 69% of organizations still hit by ransomware—underscoring need for strategic, proactive resilience frameworks
The Veeam 2025 Ransomware Trends and Proactive Strategies Report offers a sobering reality for CISOs: while collaboration between IT and security teams is improving, ransomware threats continue to outpace defenses. Based on a survey of 1,300 organizations—including 900 who suffered data compromise—the report shows that even with playbooks in place, less than half of the organizations had critical components like verified backups or clear incident command structures.
“This report validates what many of us already know—being ‘prepared’ is not the same as being resilient. True preparedness is measured by how quickly and fully we recover,” said Anand Eswaran, CEO of Veeam.
Key findings include a rise in data exfiltration-only attacks, a sharp drop in recovery success (only 10% recovered over 90% of data), and growing pressure from legal and regulatory bodies to avoid ransom payments. Despite increased security budgets, CISOs must lead the charge in closing gaps between perceived readiness and real-world outcomes.
The report calls on security leaders to adopt a proactive cyber resilience model anchored in immutable backups, recovery verification, and cross-functional response planning—essentials for reducing business risk and ensuring operational continuity in 2025 and beyond.
