Authored by Vikas Bhonsle, CEO, Crayon Software Experts India
Any conversations these days on the urgency for stringent cybersecurity measures come followed by the topic of Data Protection. Data protection is about businesses securing their data from cyber breaches or other malicious attacks and saving it from getting into the wrong hands. Many times, organizations emphasize the cybersecurity of the network architecture, which is undoubtedly essential and crucial. However, the breaches and attacks are often so meticulously designed that organizations fail to evade them and end up risking their business continuity.
Moreover, ransomware, server failure, and similar disasters can lead to that one IT nightmare that no organization will want to witness – business downtime. Hence, it is crucial that businesses are prepared with data protection solutions and can access their data in time of any crisis and keep the business running.
Data Protection for Business Continuity
For any data-intensive business, any form of data loss can cause significant inconvenience, disrupting their daily functioning. Therefore, the prime concern for any business is to ensure that any form of data, be it customer's, business intelligence data, or any operation-centric data, needs to be kept secured and out of reach from an external body, hackers, or even the competition.
When important files and documents are lost, businesses must spend time and resources recreating or recovering these file gaps. In addition, recovered hard copies or files may not be updated as the latest ones. Data loss caused by corruption or viruses poses problems as the extent of data loss caused can sometimes be challenging to determine.
Data loss for an organization can impact in the long run in the following ways:
Data classification and understanding:
For a successful data security strategy, it is necessary to identify and classify the type of data collected and retained. Data inventories are indispensable for enhancing data-processing activities once a company understands what type of data is processed.
Final Thoughts
News about influential brands facing IT woes, shutdowns, and ransomware attacks is flashed every day. Unfortunately, this signifies that no one is secure from attack, and it is fundamental that CIOs and CTOs across verticals make data protection their biggest priority to keep the game on. To better understand data protection and related areas, companies can always take assistance from known MSSPs or cloud experts. In addition, having an external partner can help organizations navigate the nuances of data protection and have a more strengthened strategy to manage it.