Cyber resilience gaps persist even among organizations with strong backup foundations. This paper presents findings from a large-scale resilience assessment, revealing weaknesses in detection, forensics, and recovery automation. It explains why backups must be treated as tier-1 assets and actively monitored for malicious activity. The paper outlines five key lessons to close resilience gaps, including anomaly detection, clean recovery automation, and integrated incident response. By transforming backups into a security signal and recovery engine, organizations can reduce downtime, limit damage, and recover with confidence.

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