Backups It Can’t Touch
Modern ransomware hunts and encrypts backups first. An offline or immutable copy is your non-negotiable lifeline.
Free Tool · Ransomware Readiness Check
If ransomware hit tonight, would you survive it?
Ransomware does not break in with genius. It walks through the same few open doors: exposed remote access, no MFA, backups that can be encrypted too. Answer 10 quick questions and see instantly whether your business would recover, or be forced to pay.
⏱ 10 Quick Questions
🛡 Instant Verdict
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★ By Orca IT
Instant verdict, no email required · your answers stay in your browser until you choose to send them
What Decides Survival
The five things that decide who recovers
When ransomware strikes, these are the factors that separate a bad day from a business-ending event.
The Doors It Walks Through
Exposed remote desktop, no MFA and phished passwords are how the vast majority of attacks begin.
How Far It Spreads
Admin rights everywhere and one flat network let a single infected laptop take down everything, including the server.
Catching It Early
Managed endpoint protection that watches behavior can stop encryption in the first minutes, not the next morning.
The First Hour
Knowing what to unplug, who to call and what not to touch is the difference between containment and catastrophe.
Proven Recovery
A tested restore is the reason you never have to consider paying. An untested one is a coin flip.
The Honest Picture
What an attack actually looks like
No scare tactics, just the sequence we see, and where prepared businesses break the chain.
It starts quietly
A phished password or exposed remote desktop, often days before anything visible happens. MFA breaks this step.
It goes for the backups
Attackers delete or encrypt reachable backups before triggering anything. Offline and immutable copies survive this.
Then everything locks at once
Encryption fires across every reachable machine, usually at night or on a weekend. Segmentation limits the blast radius.
The ransom is only part of the bill
Downtime, recovery labor, notifications and lost trust usually cost more than the demand itself.
Paying is not a plan
Payment does not guarantee working keys, and it marks you as a payer. Recovery capability is the real leverage.
Prepared businesses recover
With clean backups, a plan and fast help, companies are back in days. Without them, some never reopen.
How It Works
From exposed to resilient
01
Check
Answer the 10 questions above for your instant verdict.
02
Get the Plan
Send your result and we reply with a free, prioritized readiness plan.
03
Harden
We close the doors: MFA, backups, endpoint protection, segmentation, response plan.
04
Rest Easy
Tested recovery means ransomware becomes a bad day, not a shutdown.
Ransomware crews run this checklist. Run it first.
Ten questions now, a free plan after, and every weak point has a known fix.
Why Orca
Why businesses prepare with Orca
Prevention, backup and recovery are core Orca services, which is exactly why the check is free.
We build the lifeline
Offline and immutable backups with tested restores, so paying is never your only option.
We close the doors
MFA everywhere, remote access locked down, patching current and staff trained.
We limit the blast
Segmented networks and least-privilege accounts keep one bad click from becoming a total loss.
We answer when it counts
If something does get through, you get a team that responds now, not next week.
20+ years of experience
Two decades of preventing and recovering from exactly this.
Honest priorities
Your plan starts with the cheapest, highest-impact fixes. No fear-based upselling.
Questions
Ransomware readiness, answered
How accurate is a 10-question check?
It screens the fundamentals that decide nearly every real incident: backups, access, protection, containment and response. It is not a penetration test, but a low score here is a very honest warning.
Do you see my answers?
Not unless you send them. The check runs in your browser, and your result reaches us only if you submit the form for your free plan.
We are a small business. Are we really a target?
Yes, and often preferentially. Attacks are automated and scan everyone. Smaller businesses are hit precisely because defenses are lighter.
We have backups. Are we safe?
Only if ransomware cannot reach them and you have proven a restore works. Connected backups get encrypted with everything else, which is why the check asks about offline and immutable copies and test restores.
Should a business ever pay the ransom?
Payment is a last resort with no guarantees, and it funds the next attack. The entire point of readiness is making sure you never face that choice.
What do the fixes cost?
Most of the highest-impact fixes, MFA, locking down remote access, removing admin rights, are configuration, not purchases. Proper backups and managed protection are modest monthly costs next to one incident.
What if we are under attack right now?
Disconnect affected machines from the network, do not wipe anything, and call us at the number above immediately. Fast, calm response in the first hour matters enormously.
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