Report by Absolute Security

The Resilient CISO - The Ransomware Reality: Zero Days to Recover

12 FINDINGSPublished May 13, 2026
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Key Findings

43% of CISOs report Employee Awareness Training is the top-ranked challenge for ransomware mitigation.

Human FactorsRansomware MitigationSecurity Training

58% of cybersecurity leaders would consider paying cybercriminals to end a ransomware attack.

RansomwareIncident ResponseRansom

53% of organizations have remote recovery capabilities in place.

Remote RecoveryOperational Resilience

46% of cybersecurity leaders rank operational downtime as the most significant impact ransomware is likely to have on their organizations.

Operational ResilienceRansomwareBusiness ImpactOperational Downtime

57% of CISOs report taking as long as six days to recover from a ransomware attack.

Recovery TimeOperational ResilienceRansomware

20% of CISOs report taking as long as two weeks to recover from a ransomware attack.

Recovery TimeOperational ResilienceRansomware

58% of enterprise CISOs agree that a ransomware incident left endpoints inoperable.

Endpoint SecurityRansomwareOperational Resilience

83% of CISOs report being confident in their businesses' ability to recover from ransomware.

Operational ResilienceRansomware

42% of CISOs report legacy system patching is the second most challenging ransomware mitigation method.

Patch ManagementRansomware MitigationRansomware

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

Recovery TimeIncident ResponseRansomware

59% of organizations agree they must take physical possession of an endpoint to remediate and restore the device after an incident.

Incident ResponseEndpoint Security

Over the past 12–18 months, 57% of enterprise CISOs report their enterprises experienced an attack that originated on a remote, mobile, or hybrid device.

Endpoint SecurityRemote WorkCyber AttackDevice Security