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Right Data Protection Strategy to ensure Business Continuity
According to cybersecurity researcher, Cybersecurity Ventures, the global ransomware damage costs will be around $20 billion by 2021 – which is multiple times more than it was in 2015. Ransomware is the fastest growing cybercrime that organisations must secure themselves from.
In case of ransomware there is assurance that the lost data can be retrieved. Due to this increasing threat organizations must have something more than farewell and antivirus software to ensure that the data is safe ans ecured and also that the organization doesn’t suffer any downtime. It is very important that the organizations use the correct tools and technologies to ensure protection of bones. There should be a detailed business continuity plan mainly addressing how to enhance the protection of data.
Multi-Pronged Data Protection Strategy
The organizations should have a multi-layered data protection strategy that ensures data protection and recovery for every type of workload. The organisations should have a proper Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) which not only will protect the network and help in prevention of the attack but will also ensure that the data is recovered.
It is also important for the organization to monitor whether the solutions taken up are strong enough to provide protection against ransomware attacks, hardware failures, and natural disasters.
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