End-to-End Managed Data Backup Services to ensure Data Protection
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End-to-End Managed Data Backup Services to ensure Data Protection Today enterprises need to be prepared to face any kind of eventuality be it hackers, natural disasters, or servers being down. In any situation, enterprises need to put in place effective measures to ensure data protection . As data is the lifeblood of any organization, steps need to be taken to back up data in the cloud, or on remote data center to help recover faster. Considering the sophisticated means employed by hackers to disrupt business operations and steal sensitive information, there are different regulations enacted by governments all over the world to prevent data loss and data breach incidents. Since any incident of data loss due to cyber attacks, natural / manmade disasters and downtime can lead to lawsuits, business and financial losses, companies need to put in place an effective pre-disaster data protection or data loss contingency plan. Given below are some statistics on data loss that would serve as an eye opener for those companies who undermine the importance of implementing effective data protection strategies. According to Ponemon Institute and Symantec’ ‘2013 Cost of a Data Breach: Global Analysis’, “Human errors and systems glitches caused nearly two-thirds of data breaches globally in 2012, while malicious or criminal attacks are the most costly everywhere at an average of $157 per compromised record.” According to the Aberdeen Group’s Report “SaaS Data Loss: The Problem You Didn’t Know You Had”, 32% of companies surveyed lost data from the cloud. Of these instances, 47% were due to end-users deleting information 17% were users overwriting data 13% were because hackers deleted info As per financial analysis firm IHS Global Insight, the hurricane Sandy that swept through the Caribbean and up the East Coast of the United States in late October 2012, caused total economic losses of between USD30 billion and USD50 billion. According to them, 25,000,000,000 is the estimated dollar value of the lost business activity. In such a scenario, where absence of a viable data protection or data loss contingency plan can result in companies running the risk of not only suffering a major disruption, but in some cases, of closing down permanently, it is vital to have a process, like managed data backups, in place to preserve data, maintain its integrity and keep business running on the tracks. Hence, companies must collaborate with managed service providers not only to implement an effective backup system but also to monitor continuously the backup system to ensure all data is successfully backed up as scheduled. Thus, a complete end-to-end managed data backup services provide not only data protection but also restore functionality.
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End-to-End Managed Data Backup Services to ensure Data Protection
Today enterprises need to be prepared to face any kind of eventuality be it hackers, natural disasters, or servers being down. In any situation, enterprises need to put in place effective measures to ensure data protection. As data is the lifeblood of any organization, steps need to be taken to back up data in the cloud, or on remote data center to help recover faster.
Considering the sophisticated means employed by hackers to disrupt business operations and steal sensitive information, there are different regulations enacted by governments all over the world to prevent data loss and data breach incidents. Since any incident of data loss due to cyber attacks, natural / manmade disasters and downtime can lead to lawsuits, business and financial losses, companies need to put in place an effective pre-disaster data protection or data loss contingency plan.
Given below are some statistics on data loss that would serve as an eye opener for those companies who undermine the importance of implementing effective data protection strategies.
According to Ponemon Institute and Symantec’ ‘2013 Cost of a Data Breach: Global Analysis’, “Human errors and systems glitches caused nearly two-thirds of data breaches globally in 2012, while malicious or criminal attacks are the most costly everywhere at an average of $157 per compromised record.”
According to the Aberdeen Group’s Report “SaaS Data Loss: The Problem You Didn’t Know You Had”, 32% of companies surveyed lost data from the cloud. Of these instances,
47% were due to end-users deleting information 17% were users overwriting data 13% were because hackers deleted info
As per financial analysis firm IHS Global Insight, the hurricane Sandy that swept through the Caribbean and up the East Coast of the United States in late October 2012, caused total economic losses of between USD30 billion and USD50 billion. According to them, 25,000,000,000 is the estimated dollar value of the lost business activity.
In such a scenario, where absence of a viable data protection or data loss contingency plan can result in companies running the risk of not only suffering a major disruption, but in some cases, of closing down permanently, it is vital to have a process, like managed data backups, in place to preserve data, maintain its integrity and keep business running on the tracks. Hence, companies must collaborate with managed service providers not only to implement an effective backup system but also to monitor continuously the backup system to ensure all data is successfully backed up as scheduled. Thus, a complete end-to-end managed data backup services provide not only data protection but also restore functionality.
