EXPERT OPINION
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 serverbased
approach to their data backup and
recovery deployments. Their priority is
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