Only 39% of UK businesses say they are fully confident they could recover their cloud data after a cyberattack. Backup adoption, meanwhile, is nearly universal. Almost everyone is backing something up. Fewer than four in ten believe it would actually come back. That gap has a name now: the recovery confidence gap. It is quietly…
Why Business Continuity Planning Matters For IT leaders at mid-sized companies, business continuity planning has become essential. In today’s always-on business environment, downtime doesn’t just disrupt operations. It threatens revenue, customer satisfaction, and brand reputation. Research from Gartner estimates the average cost of IT downtime at over $5,600 per minute. For companies with limited resources,…
Data protection experts discussing insights over Veeam’s Ransomware Trends report in how to “be prepared” when it comes to the topic of ransomware and disaster recovery Real world ransomware survey outcomes from cybersecurity and data backup teams regarding their cybersecurity preparedness was examined Why, now more than ever, it’s important to have a reliable data…
Ransomware attacks are on the rise, and it’s only going to get worse. According to Veeam’s Ransomware Trends Report, 85% of organizations suffered at least one ransomware attack in the past 12 months. That means more organizations will suffer a ransomware attacks this year than turn a profit. The impact of an attack can be frustrating,…
Enterprises of all sizes are radically transforming themselves. They’re moving toward fully digitized operational models. It’s having a profound effect on backup infrastructure and processes. In the old days, backup was done once a day onto tape, which was then physically transported to an offsite facility somewhere. As a result, IT pros often measured recovery…
The problem with “as a Service” and Disaster Recovery Today You’ve, no doubt, experienced some kind of disaster recovery event. It could have been something as big as a complete loss of location and services, or the outage of just a specific application. No matter how big or small, when most of us go through…
The worst has happened. A month ago, someone in your organization clicked on a link or replied to a request in a very clever spear phishing email, which allowed a cybercriminal enterprise to bury malware deep into your network. For weeks, that malware has been quietly worming its way through your network, moving laterally across…
When it comes to data protection, completing the backup and replication process isn’t enough, you need to be testing your data backup and recovery services. Backing up at frequent intervals throughout the day isn’t enough. Storing the backups safely isn’t enough. It’s all for naught unless you test your backups, because, without regular testing, all of…
All too often, data protection is a checkbox exercise. Have we got backups of our data? Check! Three copies of each? Check! Are they on two different media? Check! Is one offsite? Check! All done! Except you’re not all done. Understanding the 3-2-1 Rule for Effective Data Backup Strategies Three copies of data on two different types of storage media with…
Over the past year, COVID-19 has transformed the way businesses operate, and though workplaces are now reopening as the pandemic winds down, we don’t foresee a wholesale rush to return to the office. Remote work is here to stay. And it has serious implications for data protection. First, though, let’s get a clear picture of…
By now, you should have a better idea of which service(s) are right for your organization. But, with so many cloud providers vying to be your disaster recovery service provider, how do you select the right one? The most critical aspect of the selection process is to ensure you are considering the needs of the organization,…
You’ve heard the downtime horror stories. You’ve seen the statistics from major research firms like Gartner, which found that businesses lose an average of $5,600 every minute they can’t access their mission-critical data and systems. You know your organization needs a disaster recovery plan. It’s the only way to be confident that if an incident ever takes your…
Data Protection Trends, News & Backup Tips What Makes a Disaster Recover System Succeed? When you think about putting together a disaster recovery (DR) test plan, thoughts almost always go to which servers need to be included, what user accounts are involved, what applications will be impacted, and more. Next you might think who should help build your…
Over the last few weeks, we’ve introduced you to – and educated you on – three of the most common services offered around disaster recovery. You may find that more than one service could be used to meet your needs. But are you supposed to choose just one? Would that even work for you? This…
While IT tends to start and end anything with the tech involved, disaster recovery management requires starting with the business and the risk of losing operations and planning a disaster recovery system from there. Your technology DR plan can’t just be a culmination of steps to be taken to recover a certain data set or…
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