{"id":137803,"date":"2026-04-15T12:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/?p=137803"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:15:20","slug":"veeam-report-reveals-a-market-wide-shift-from-recovery-confidence-to-proven-data-resilience-amid-ransomware-threats-and-ai-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/2026\/04\/15\/veeam-report-reveals-a-market-wide-shift-from-recovery-confidence-to-proven-data-resilience-amid-ransomware-threats-and-ai-adoption\/","title":{"rendered":"Veeam report reveals a market-wide shift from recovery confidence to proven data resilience amid ransomware threats and AI adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Veeam\u2019s latest research highlights a growing disconnect between perceived and actual cyber-resilience, with many organisations struggling to recover fully from ransomware attacks as AI-driven complexity outpaces security and governance capabilities.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veeam Software, the Data and AI Trust Company, has released the Data Trust and Resilience Report 2026<\/em>, revealing a growing disconnect between how confident organisations feel about cyber-resilience and the reality of recovery outcomes. As ransomware, regulatory pressure and AI-driven data risk grow, even mature organisations are finding that confidence in recovery and proof of recovery are fundamentally different capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Veeam Data Trust and Resilience Report 2026<\/em>, based on insights from more than 900 senior IT, security and risk leaders worldwide, found that while 90% of organisations express confidence in their ability to recover from a cyber incident, fewer than one in three ransomware victims fully recovered their data. On average, organisations recovered just 72% of affected data following a ransomware attack.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cConfidence in recovery from a ransomware attack is high, but the data tells a different story and AI is only widening that gap. Even the most sophisticated organisations are discovering that confidence in recovery and proof of recovery are fundamentally different capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cData resilience is still the hard requirement: knowing what data you have, where it lives, who can access it and proving you can restore clean, trusted data fast when attackers \u2013 or operational failures \u2013 put the business under pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe infrastructure for deploying AI has rapidly outpaced the ability to secure it. Organisations need end-to-end capabilities to understand, secure, protect, govern and ensure their data is resilient at machine speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVeeam is redefining data resilience for the agentic era, where AI agents, apps and data move faster than traditional controls. Our unified trusted platform, strengthened by our recent acquisition of Securiti AI, delivers the visibility, precision and trust required to operationalise resilience so businesses can adopt AI safely without compromising recovery, compliance or continuity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe organisations that will lead tomorrow are those proving trust, not just believing in it and this is the new standard Veeam is setting for the industry,\u201d said Anand Eswaran, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Veeam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2026 report highlights why \u2018recovery confidence\u2019 must be paired with validated recovery capabilities and measurable outcomes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  • Ninety percent say they\u2019re confident they can recover from a cyber incident within RTOs yet only 69% say RTOs are fully aligned with business continuity goals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Among organisations hit by ransomware where operations or data were affected, only 28% fully recovered all affected data; 44% recovered less than 75%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Among organisations that experienced a cyber incident, 42% reported customer\/constituent disruption, 41% reported financial loss or revenue impact and 38% reported extended downtime of critical systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Regulation is becoming a core resilience driver as 33% cite regulatory shifts as a top emerging threat \u2013 nearly matching cyberattacks (36%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    AI is moving faster than governance and increasing data exposure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As AI shifts from experimentation to execution, the report shows many organisations are struggling to maintain visibility and control over data flows across apps, clouds and third-party services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \n
    • Forty-three percent say AI adoption is outpacing their ability to secure data and models<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Forty-two percent report limited visibility into all AI tools or models used across the organisation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Forty percent say security policies have not yet been updated to address AI-specific risks<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Twenty-five percent say shadow IT and unauthorised AI tool usage are a primary concern related to employee AI tool use and data security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Four practices that matter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Across industries and maturity levels, the report identifies four capabilities consistently linked to stronger outcomes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \n
      • Clear visibility into enterprise data and AI risk in production and in backup data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Enforced security controls (not policy alone).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Proven recovery through realistic testing and validation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Executive alignment on ownership, reporting and \u2018what recovered means.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        One clear signal of moving from intent to execution: organisations with enforceable controls such as data loss prevention (DLP) reported measurably better visibility and less security lag as AI usage expands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Budgets, metrics and measured readiness drive better outcomes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        The report also finds that resilience improves when readiness becomes measurable and leadership sees risk in business terms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n
        • Forty-nine percent increased cybersecurity budgets year on year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Organisations with budget increases were more likely to invest in resilience fundamentals like immutable storage and automated backup \u2013 and reported better ransomware outcomes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Full recovery was significantly higher among organisations reporting increased budgets (40% vs. 16%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          The report underscores a pivotal reality for business leaders: AI is amplifying both opportunity and operational exposure and recovery plans must evolve beyond assumptions. Data trust isn\u2019t a statement \u2013 it\u2019s a capability proven through controls, clarity and clean recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Veeam\u2019s latest research highlights a growing disconnect between perceived and actual cyber-resilience, with many organisations struggling to recover fully from ransomware attacks as AI-driven complexity outpaces security and governance capabilities. Veeam Software, the Data and AI Trust Company, has released the Data Trust and Resilience Report 2026, revealing a growing disconnect between how confident organisations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4189,"featured_media":137809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,430,6,809,13],"tags":[19962,3355,263,9292,1530,3868,691,12032,22377,908,19780,618,1043,267,712],"class_list":["post-137803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enterprise-security","category-features","category-insights","category-more-news","category-top-stories","tag-ai-governance","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-compliance","tag-cyber-risk","tag-cybersecurity","tag-data-backup","tag-data-protection","tag-data-resilience","tag-data-trust","tag-digital-transformation","tag-enterprise-it","tag-it-security","tag-ransomware","tag-risk-management","tag-veeam"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137803"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137810,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137803\/revisions\/137810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}