22/10/2026
Monday, 07:42. A business owner opens her laptop and ten years of client files are gone.
Her last backup was seven months old. By Friday, three clients had left.
Thandi is fictional. The scenario is not. Ransomware is hitting South African SMEs every week, and the businesses that recover fastest are the ones with tested, off-site backups. For them it takes hours, not weeks.
Three questions worth asking your team today:
✅ When was our last backup, and has anyone tested restoring it?
✅ Is a copy stored off-site, away from our main network?
✅ Do we know how long it would take to get back to work?
If you cannot answer all three with confidence, we can help. Sumo Tech, together with Acronis and Fortinet, is offering free backup checks this Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
Message us or comment “SHIELD” and we will get in touch.