Ransomware operators have historically concentrated on large enterprises with deep pockets, but recent incident data shows a clear pivot toward mid-market organizations—typically defined as businesses with 100 to 1,000 employees.
Several factors are driving this shift. Larger enterprises have invested heavily in endpoint detection, network segmentation, and 24/7 monitoring, making them costlier and riskier targets. Mid-market firms, by contrast, often lack dedicated security teams and rely on a smaller set of controls, while still holding sensitive customer data and processing meaningful payment volumes.
Organizations in this segment should prioritize offline, tested backups, phishing-resistant MFA on all remote access, and a documented incident response plan—the three controls most consistently associated with faster, lower-cost recovery in recent breach reports.