EDITOR’S QUESTION
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t is evident that companies are
still experiencing common security
challenges such as backup and Disaster
Recovery (DR) failures, ISPs being hacked
or ransomware attacks, all of which are
exposing the network and potentially sharing
valuable personal information.
These businesses are neglecting this
important aspect within their cloud
strategies, failing to include backups and DR
in the overall planning.
It is simpler to secure data by creating a
DR environment in the cloud than doing
so on-premise.
Once all your applications are in the cloud, it
takes care of all backup and DR requirements
quickly and more cost effectively.
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Cloud provides one virtual environment,
as opposed to a number of disparate
applications each requiring individual
backup and DR needs. So often backups only get tested after
a server crash or security breach, only to
discover that the backups do not exist or
were never taken.
The importance of looking after data, inside
and outside of an organisation, remains
lacking, which means that DR is probably
equally absent. There is a need for security
policies and associated regular backups,
which will automatically result in ensuing
that proper DR is in place. DR is often absent as there is a belief that a
multitude of backups constitutes DR. Backup
is simply a copy of data intended to be
restored to the original source, while disaster
recovery requires a separate production
environment where the data can live. All
aspects of the current environment should
be considered, including physical resources,
software, connectivity and security.
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THE IMPORTANCE
OF LOOKING
AFTER DATA,
INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE OF AN
ORGANISATION,
REMAINS
LACKING, WHICH
MEANS THAT DR
IS PROBABLY
EQUALLY ABSENT.
DR needs to address complete system failure
and provide a set of security policies to
govern disaster incidents.
A cloud platform provides this in the most
efficient form. You can either back up your
cloud or store to a DR site.
• Hardware failure is the number one cause
of data loss and/or downtime
• 40% of security breaches are caused
by employees
• 93% of companies without Disaster
Recovery, who suffer a major data disaster,
are out of business within one year
• 96% of companies with a trusted backup
and disaster recovery plan will be to
survive ransomware attacks
• More than 50% of organisations
experienced a downtime event in the
past five years that were longer than a
full workday
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