The threat to business data has reached an all-time high. Natural disasters are on the rise, ransomware is exploding and cybercrime is becoming an organized industry. Worse, all these threats are set against a massive move to remote that has introduced additional vulnerabilities and an expanded attack surface.
Consequently, it’s never been more important for companies to ensure data protection solutions are in place. In the event of a disaster, IT must get operations up and running as soon as possible. If not successful, their organizations will be subject to costly downtime losses. Read more in our ebook, The Veeam 3-2-1 Data Protection Blueprint.
3-2-1 — The backup rule from another era…which we still follow today
With threats mounting, it’s never been more important to ensure your organization has protected its data so that, if the data center or a hacker succeeds in encrypting corporate data, there will be backups in a form that will allow IT to get the company back on its feet quickly.
First, the ebook takes a look at the history of the 3-2-1 rule itself and what each of the three numbers mean.
The risks 3-2-1 mitigates: Ransomware, disasters, deletions and more
The first step to mitigating risk is accepting that downtime happens, and what’s more, it’s not a matter of if you’ll be attacked, it’s a matter of when. So no matter how you slice it, you need to be prepared to mitigate the damage. That, of course, brings up the next step – utilizing the 3-2-1 rule to prevent, stop and recover. In this section of the ebook, we discuss occurrences of corruption, accidental deletion, cyberattacks, and other risk to corporate data and how the 3-2-1 rule can be applied to prevent such incidents in the future.
Media for backup targets and getting a copy offsite
To follow the 3-2-1 rule, you need to use at least two different types of storage media, and at least one of the three copies you have must be stored offsite. And by offsite, that doesn’t mean in the building across the street. It needs to be far enough away so that if there’s a hurricane, flood, earthquake or some other natural disaster, it won’t also be caught in the blast radius and destroyed, leaving you with no backups at all. We discuss storage media concerns and solutions in this chapter of the ebook.
Testing 3-2-1: Will your backups measure up?
When it comes to protecting data, completing the backup and replication process isn’t enough, even if you do so at frequent intervals throughout the day. As sound as the 3-2-1 rule is, safely storing backups won’t ensure you’re covered. Even a 100% reliable backup solution won’t get your company up and running quickly after a disaster.
Times have changed. Companies need to adapt, set and meet aggressive RPOs and RTOs, and be ready to respond to disasters. That, or be left in the dust by competitors who are ready to roll.
3-2-1 outsource: Trusting backup to a service provider
With so many CSPs vying for your business, how do you choose the right one? The process is more about your organization’s needs than they are about the features of a given provider. And that’s how you should approach the selection process – look for a CSP that fits your needs, not how you can fit into their offerings.
Before searching, review the criteria and build a “must- have” list for your disaster recovery provider, all outlined in the ebook.
CyberFortress Data Protection Options
Curious to learn more about CyberFortress’s suite of data protection services for your company? We offer a range of solutions from cloud backup and disaster recovery services to software backup. Learn about our data protection solutions here.
