Imagine the potential consequences of losing access to your business’s data – even temporarily. It’s a nightmare worthy of a horror movie, with the potential to disrupt operations, damage reputation, and incur significant financial losses.
Data backup tools create copies of your data and store them in a safe place. Recovery tools will use these copies to restore your lost files if something goes wrong.
So, if your business already uses backup and recovery tools, you’d think your data is safe… but this isn’t necessarily true.
A new report shows that some backup tools aren’t always as reliable as they should be. Backup-related issues cause a third of all data losses. When people try to recover data, they discover it’s been lost or corrupted.
You should be aware of not just corrupted backups.
One of the biggest threats to businesses right now is ransomware. This type of malicious software (or “malware”) locks you out of your files unless you pay a ransom to regain access.
The report found that half of businesses using backup tools still ended up paying ransoms to retrieve their files because it was faster than trying to use their own recovery tools. Even worse, only a small number of businesses that paid ransoms were able to fully recover their data.
Backup tools are supposed to keep your data safe, so why are they unreliable for so many businesses?
Often, it’s because they haven’t been set up correctly. Even when they are, they still need to be verified regularly to ensure they are still backing up your files.
Also, older backup and recovery tools can’t always keep up with today’s sophisticated cyber-attacks, such as advanced ransomware variants or targeted data breaches.
Setting up and maintaining a reliable backup system can be complicated. This is where IT experts like us come in. We can ensure your tools are running correctly daily, providing you with the reassurance and confidence that your data is secure.
We can also implement extra safeguards like continuous data protection (CDP). This advanced feature constantly saves changes to your files, allowing you to go back in time and restore your data as it was before an attack or loss, ensuring you are well-prepared for any data loss scenario.
We do this every day for businesses like yours. Contact us if you’d like us to help you evaluate your backup systems and ensure your data is secure. Don’t wait until it’s too late.