Backups Are Important but Ensuring They Are Secure Is Vital

Backup products have come a long way in recent years, but the hard truth is your backups are only as good as your last tested, secure backup.

Yes, I said tested and secure.

When was the last time you tested your backup by re-installing from it? Most companies will answer never—and this is concerning.
How long can your business survive without reliable data? The costs of downtime are staggering. Most businesses cannot survive a complete data loss.

What causes downtime and why should you care?

Aberdeen Group states the leading cause of downtime is network outages (50 percent) and the human error is close behind at 45 percent!

Human error—that’s your employees unwittingly making mistakes that cause downtime. So ensuring your network is stable is of top priority but second is protecting against human error.

How do you do this? Read on.

Having a standard backup of your data is not enough.

According to Ontech Systems, 60 percent of backups are incomplete and 50 percent of restores fail. Don’t be part of that 60 percent.

Here are some simple steps you can take to protect your data and your company.

1. Use either in-house IT experts or an IT specialist company that can configure your backups off-site in a secured facility.
2. Set your system to continually backup. The vast majority of backup programs are set for daily, weekly or monthly backups. This means you will lose data unless you are restoring immediately after the latest backup.
3. Use a service to confirm your backups are accurate and you can restore from them. It sounds logical, but so many companies do not do this important step.
4. Train your staff to recognize cyber attacks and what to do about it.

Stay safe and keep that data protected. Click here to find out how Xenium can help.