Your business has antivirus. A firewall. A backup. Maybe annual phishing training. On paper, everything looks fine. 

But ransomware in 2026 looks nothing like it did even three years ago. 

It moves faster. It uses AI. It bypasses traditional defenses. It targets backups. And it overwhelmingly targets SMBs, not enterprises. 

The gap between modern attacks and outdated defenses is where most ransomware damage now happens. Closing that gap is what real protection looks like today. 

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