CMTG bets on backup as cyber resilience demand rises

CMTG is expanding its position in the data backup and resilience market as rising cyber risk and downtime costs drive demand for recovery services.

Management said data backup has shifted from an operational IT task to a board-level issue as ransomware attacks become more frequent and outages become more costly for businesses.

The company works with enterprise and mid-market customers across several jurisdictions, providing services designed to secure, manage and restore business-critical data during cyber incidents or operational disruption.

Carl Filpo, Managing Director at CMTG, said organisations were changing how they viewed backup and recovery.

"We're seeing a fundamental shift, backup is no longer a safety net, it's a strategic asset," Filpo said.

He linked that shift to the financial and operational consequences of prolonged outages and failed recovery efforts. "The cost of getting it wrong is simply too high, whether that's financial loss, operational disruption, or reputational damage."

Recovery Focus

Customers are placing more emphasis on resilience, rather than basic data protection alone. That includes the ability to restore systems quickly and securely after an attack, outage or other disruption.

CMTG also pointed to tighter regulatory scrutiny as a factor shaping buying decisions. Businesses in regulated sectors face growing pressure to show they can recover key systems without extended interruption.

That has increased the importance of backup systems that can be tested, verified and used quickly when incidents occur. For many organisations, the issue is not only whether a copy of data exists, but whether operations can resume without major compromise.

"It's no longer enough to have data backed up, organisations need absolute confidence in their ability to recover, and quickly," Filpo said. "That's where we're focused, delivering certainty in an environment where uncertainty is increasing."

Market Shift

The broader cyber security market has moved beyond prevention as its only benchmark. Companies now face scrutiny over how well they respond once defences fail, particularly as ransomware groups target backups and seek to extend downtime to increase pressure on victims.

In that environment, recovery time has become as much a commercial metric as a technical one. Lost revenue, halted operations and reputational damage can compound quickly when critical systems remain unavailable.

CMTG said its growth reflects that shift in customer priorities. It described its approach as combining backup services with cyber security and compliance measures to help clients maintain operations during disruption.

The company did not provide financial figures, customer numbers or details of specific markets. It said, however, that its footprint now extends across multiple jurisdictions, suggesting ambitions beyond its Australian base.

For businesses reviewing cyber resilience plans, the message from suppliers such as CMTG is increasingly centred on restoration rather than storage alone. The question is no longer simply whether data has been copied, but whether systems can be brought back online when they are needed most.