decrypting myths
The best practice
approach to
data protection
for modern
organisations
Organisations that do not
employ robust data protection
schemes put themselves at
serious risk of suffering a data
breach and causing potentially
fatal damage to the business.
Florian Malecki, International
Product Marketing Senior
Director of StorageCraft,
explains how organisations
can better protect themselves
by assessing and testing
their recovery plans for
ransomware prevention.
WWhy is constant data
availability so crucial for
modern organisations?
Data is the lifeblood of any modern
organisation. It provides the foundation
for understanding where a business is
positioned and is essential to analysing
customer behaviour, navigating markets
and assessing a business’ performance.
Many successful business leaders are
dependent on the insight provided by
data to make informed decisions about
the business’ future.
If the data is breached, subject to a
ransomware attack or unavailable for
a given period of time, it can prove
catastrophic to a business. Lack of
access to critical data can lead to
malfunctions across the entire business,
from significant revenue loss as a result
of system downtime, to remote workers
being unable to access shared files.
Unquestionably, the constant availability
of data is fundamental to the longevity
and success of any modern organisation.
What is driving the need for
businesses to re-assess data
protection strategies?
Companies are generating oceans of
data – and not all of that data is equally
important to their function. Organisations
that know this and know which pieces of
data are more critical to their success
than others will be in a position to
better manage their storage and better
leverage their data. Think about it.
As organisations deal with a data
deluge, they are trying hard to maximise
their storage pools. As a result, they
can inadvertently end up putting critical
data on less critical servers. Doing so
is a problem, because it typically takes
longer to access slower, secondary
machines and leverage that critical data.
It’s this lack of speed and agility that can
have a detrimental impact on business.
Traditionally, organisations take a
server-based approach to their data
backup and recovery deployments. Their
priority is to back up their most critical
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