AI has transformed cyberattacks, exposing and exploiting the weaknesses of conventional data protection and reliance on traditional data backup. AI-driven attacks, such as AI ransomware, have evolved. Up until recently, cybersecurity teams measured response windows in weeks or days, but they are now forced to operate well within a single-digit-day clock – hour by hour, minute by minute. As the clock ticks, every hour of that window is being squeezed tighter by the use of AI by cybercriminals.