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title: "Prepare for ransomware"
description: "Prepare for ransomware, family Threats, NIS2 Art. 21(2)(c)"
url: https://www.alt-f1.be/en/table/ra/
organization: ALT-F1 SRL, Brussels (VAT BE 0830.560.718)
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# Prepare for ransomware

Short label: RANSOM

Family: Threats · NIS2 Art. 21(2)(c)
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## Meaning

Ransomware can encrypt files, interrupt work and involve stolen information used for extortion.

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## Why it matters

Recovery may require investigation, clean systems and usable backup copies.

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## What you can do

Keep restricted recovery copies, test restoration and practise the response plan. Record who decides about recovery and communication.

## Services that can help

Device Shield can take configured protective actions. Sovereign Storage provides agreed backup-storage protections. Recovery and rollback capabilities depend on the actual setup.

- [Device Shield](https://www.alt-f1.be/en/device-shield.md)
- [Sovereign Storage](https://www.alt-f1.be/en/sovereign-storage.md)

## Official reference — NIS2 Art. 21(2)(c)

> 2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be based on an all-hazards approach that aims to protect network and information systems and the physical environment of those systems from incidents, and shall include at least the following:
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> — Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2), Art. 21(2)

> (c) business continuity, such as backup management and disaster recovery, and crisis management;
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> — Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2), Art. 21(2)(c)

**What this reference concerns:** You must be able to keep working and to come back after a disaster: backups that work, a recovery plan, and someone who knows what to do in a crisis.

[Read the article on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022L2555#art_21) · Official text, quoted from the Official Journal of the EU