30 minutes to pwn town: Are speedy responses more important than backups for recovery?

The piece contends that while backups are vital, swift incident response—measured in minutes—is often the decisive factor in limiting damage, noting research on slow ransomware response times and the risks of overconfidence in backups and untested disaster recovery plans; it advocates for trained security operators, adequate tooling and budgets, and a balance between rapid restoration and preserving forensic evidence to enable effective root-cause analysis.