Security News > 2022 > June > Data recovery depends on how good your backup strategy is

99% of surveyed IT decision makers state they have backup strategies in place, but just 26% have admitted they were unable to fully restore all data/documents when recovering from a backup, according to an annual survey conducted in April 2022 by Apricorn.

In response to questioning around their existing backup strategy, 27% acknowledged having automated backup to both a central and personal repository.

"A rounded backup strategy that has encryption at its core plays to the strengths of each storage location within the process. However, the recovery process must be rigorously and regularly tested to ensure full data restoration can be achieved in the event of a breach," Fielding noted.

To add to this, 15 per cent of surveyed IT decision makers stated the biggest problem with implementing a cyber security plan was not having a sufficiently robust backup in place to allow rapid recovery from any attack.

Again, this is worrying since over 70% have had to recover data from a backup and 26% suffered data loss, with respondents admitting to only being able to recover some data/documents or being unsuccessful because they didn't have robust backup processes in place.

Fielding commented: "Over 60 percent of respondents still expect their mobile/remote workers to expose them to the risk of a data breach. With the risks so high, one of the most straightforward ways to create local, offline backups is to store copies of critical files on high-capacity external encrypted hard drives and USBs. These can be disconnected from the network to create an air gap between information and threat, and provide employees with the capability to recover data quickly and locally if needs be, as well as being able to securely move data whilst offline."

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