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No CISOs report the ability to recover from ransomware within a day.

PublisherAbsolute Security
ReportThe Resilient CISO - The Ransomware Reality: Zero Days to Recover
Published13 May 2026
TopicsRecovery Time, Incident Response, Ransomware

Published by Absolute Security in The Resilient CISO - The Ransomware Reality: Zero Days to Recover , 13 May 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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