While nearly 90% of companies are backing up data, only 41% do it daily

2020-04-03 04:00

That high number is likely caused by the fact that while nearly 90% are backing up the IT components they're responsible for protecting, only 41% back up daily - leaving many businesses with gaps in the valuable data available for recovery.

The findings revealed that while 91% of individuals back up data and devices, 68% still lose data as a result of accidental deletion, hardware or software failure, or an out-of-date backup.

26% back up daily, 28% back up weekly, 20% back up monthly, and 10% aren't backing up at all, which can mean days, weeks, or months of data lost with no possibility of complete recovery.

A belief the survey contradicts: 42% of organizations reported data loss resulting in downtime this year and 41% report losing productivity or money due to data inaccessibility.

These findings stress the importance of implementing a cyber protection strategy that includes backing up your data multiple times a day and practicing the 3-2-1 backup rule: create three copies of your data, store your copies in at least two types of storage media, and store one of these copies remotely or in the cloud.

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