If ransomware can reach your backup, you don't have one.

If ransomware can reach your backup, you don't have one.
The "I have nightly backups, I'm safe from ransomware" crowd is in for a brutal lesson. Modern ransomware sits quiet for weeks, maps your network, and encrypts the backups FIRST — because the operators know that's your only leverage. A backup on a mounted share, a connected NAS, or a drive with write access is the first thing to die. You need an air-gapped or immutable copy with object-lock that even your own admin account can't delete. Reachable backups are ransomware's favorite snack. Change my mind.