Jason Buffington .com

I served as a VP of Strategy within the Office of the CTO at Veeam Software from 2018 to 2025.

  • Primary responsibilies included leading our Strategic Research (unbiased market insights) for product strategy, go-to-market fortification, field enablement, and thought leadership/evangelism. 
  • Was also the exec sponsor for the Veeam Innovation Awards and led several vTeams for special projects.

Here is an archive of my blogs, articles, and projects as part of my role at Veeam. Most common topics include Research reports and insights, Innovation Awards, BaaS & DRaaS, BC/DR, Hybrid-Clouds, and Cyber Resiliency.

  • Protecting the Repositories and Immutability Everywhere

    While 80% of surveyed respondents pay the ransom after a ransomware attack, only one out of five were able to recover their data. Even fewer organizations (only 16%) recovered without paying ransom, declining from 19% in the previous study. Moreover, the 2023 Ransomware Trends Report published in May 2023 revealed that 93% of cyberattacks directly…

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  • Should I Pay the Ransom After a Ransomware Attack?

    Paying the ransom during a cyberattack and having the ability to recover the data are often top of mind for many organizations after they’ve been hit by a ransomware attack. Here are the latest statistics on these trends from the 2023 Ransomware Trends Report that Veeam released in May 2023. This report covers topics on paying ransom and…

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  • How Bad Was the Ransomware Attack?

    In terms of impact to the business, this report identified that 45% of production data was encrypted or affected during a ransomware attack. And the numbers are getting even worse from earlier research that was done just nine months ago. Taking a further look at these trends globally and by respondent roles, the 2023 Ransomware Trends…

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  • Announcing the Ransomware Trends Report for 2023

    Veeam is proud to release the findings of yet another independent research project, the 2023 Ransomware Trends Report. What’s almost as bad as going through a cyberattack is talking about it to others, so Veeam contracted with a research firm to conduct blind interviews and surveys of 1,200 organizations who suffered one or more attacks in…

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  • Announcing the Veeam Innovation Award Winners for 2023

    As we continue to get ready for VeeamON, the Community Event for Data Recovery Experts, Veeam is excited to announce eight Veeam Innovation Award (VIA) winners for 2023.  As is our tradition at VeeamON, we are inviting the global Veeam community to vote for one of these VIA winners to also be recognized as Best in Show for VeeamON. Please…

  • Cloudy Data Protection in 2023

    Veeam is proud to release the findings of yet another research project, the 2023 Data Protection Trends Report, which is the industry’s largest independent research on backup and data protection. This research is fully independent, representing the whole market — not only from Veeam customers — and was conducted by a third-party research organization. Veeam…

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