Security News > 2020 > March > Cyberattacks rank as the biggest data protection concern facing SMBs
World Backup Day is March 31, and while cyberattacks are a potential threat to their data, many SMBs say they don't have a data backup or disaster recovery process, according to data protection company Infrascale.
Among them, 49% said that cyberattacks are their biggest concern when it comes to protecting data, while 58% pointed to security vulnerabilities as their biggest data storage challenge.
Asked what data protection means to them, 61% of respondents cited data security and encryption, while 61% cited data backup.
Some 44% of the respondents said that data protection means ransomware protection and mitigation, 44% cited protection for devices such as laptops and mobile phones, and 32% said that data protection involves processes that prevent user error.
"Data protection can come into play in a wide array of important ways - including data security and encryption, data recovery, email protection and data archiving," Reeder said.