A company uses 'Ransomware' protection. Which backup strategy is most effective against ransomware that encrypts connected drives?

Answer options:

Mirroring to a secondary drive on the same server.

Immutable or Air-gapped backups

RAID 5

Cloud sync (e.g., Dropbox)

How to approach this question

Ransomware attacks everything it can reach. You need a backup it CAN'T reach (Air-gapped) or CAN'T change (Immutable).

Full Answer

B.Immutable or Air-gapped backups✓ Correct

Immutable backups (WORM - Write Once Read Many) or air-gapped backups (offline) prevent ransomware from encrypting or deleting the backup data, ensuring recovery is possible.

Common mistakes

Thinking RAID or standard cloud sync protects against ransomware.

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