Ransomware protection for MSPs: A 6-point checklist for faster recovery
Acronis offers a 6-point checklist for MSPs to improve ransomware resilience and recovery.
Acronis has released a six-point checklist for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to enhance ransomware resilience and speed up recovery for their clients. The checklist emphasizes capabilities beyond basic backups and endpoint detection, focusing on reducing exposure, detecting attacks early, providing 24/7 response, preserving isolated recovery points, enabling clean recovery, and ensuring consistent operation across tenants. The report highlights that phishing and unpatched vulnerabilities remain primary access vectors for ransomware attacks against MSPs.
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The lesson from this incident
Full lessonRansomware actors continue to exploit phishing and unpatched vulnerabilities as primary entry points, making MSPs — and by extension all their clients — high-value targets. Relying solely on basic backups and endpoint detection is insufficient; without isolated, immutable recovery points and 24/7 response capabilities, recovery can be slow and incomplete. The multi-tenant nature of MSP environments means a single compromise can cascade across dozens of client organizations simultaneously. A structured, layered resilience strategy — covering early detection, exposure reduction, and clean recovery — is essential to minimize both downtime and reputational damage.
What helps against this
How we list vendors- Phishing-resistant MFA
A stolen password, or a user who taps Approve on a push prompt, is no longer enough to log in.
- Automated patch management
Known holes get closed in days, not months.
- Immutable backup and recovery
Ransomware cannot delete or encrypt your way back.