India, March 31 -- World Backup Day 2026 arrives at a time when the global cyber threat landscape is not only expanding, but evolving in ways that are fundamentally reshaping how organisations think about data protection. What was once considered a routine IT safeguard is now at the centre of enterprise risk strategy.

Sanjay Agrawal, Head Presales and CTO at Hitachi Vantara India and SAARC, underscores the scale of the challenge. "World Backup Day 2026 brings into focus how sharply the risk landscape has evolved. In 2025 alone, over 7,400 ransomware incidents were recorded globally, reflecting a 32 percent year-on-year increase," he says.

More critically, attackers are no longer just targeting primary systems. "What is more concerning i...