Backup and Recovery

Backup & Recovery

How do we not love losing data forever, let us count the ways!
In truth there are so many ways that your data can be lost, taken or compromised it is truly terrifying, and what will it cost you if you do?
From loss of confidence and inconvenience through to lost business, breach of regulations and even litigation, losing data is a disaster.
But it doesn't have to be...

Software as a Service (SaaS) Backup

Pretty much everybody uses some form of SaaS in today's Cloud-driven and connected digital world. Organisations of all sizes rely on (yet lose) valuable and critical cloud data every day. Whether you're using Microsoft 365, Google Workspace (which until recently was known as G-Suite), Salesforce or anything else, well, it just happens. Over 75% of organisations that use SaaS applications reported suffering data loss incidents over a 12-month period.


Microsoft, Google and other SaaS solutions providers are focused on fixing any errors with their software of course. But they’re not responsible when you or your colleagues make a mistake - or when a malicious cyber attack cripples your service. What do you do then? Let's look at how you can lose that precious data...

Human Error

Human errors account for up the majority (over 60%) of reported data loss incidents. Users inevitably delete the wrong email, contacts details or critical configurations.

Deletion

SaaS providers will accept your deletion request without question. Why wouldn't they? They have no way of knowing if it's legitimate or not, whether it’s a hasty (or malicious) request and they are not responsible for any unexpected results. So once it's gone, it's gone - erroneous or otherwise.

Sync Errors

Otherwise known as Programmatic Errors, those awesome and powerful tools designed to streamline and optimise processes can absolutely ruin critical data in a flash - with no undo. Yeesh!

Hackers

Whether through technical means, state sponsorship or social engineering, aggressive individuals and organizations are constantly evolving their dark arts and inventing new tactics for getting to your precious data.

Insiders

It is said that Employee action is involved in up to a quarter of all electronic crime events, according to the CERT Insider Threat Centre at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute. 

Ransomware and Viruses

Malicious software, Industrial scale ransomware and viruses can cause absolute chaos with programmatic efficiency - without an active attack from a hacker. Many malware programs and viruses emerge from existing code after hibernating, making them especially hard to defend against. Ransomware in particular is a very aggressive and ever more frequent tactic that can be expensive and ruinous.

 So what now?

Your SaaS platforms cannot protect you from all these causes of SaaS data loss. In fact, CSP providers like Microsoft 365, Google Workplace, Salesforce, Box, and Dropbox themselves recommend third-party backup for recovery from SaaS data loss. Additionally, many regulatory laws such as GDPR mandate that protecting SaaS data is a “shared responsibility”, and an organization needs to have accurate recovery capabilities in the event of data loss.

Top analysts like Gartner and Forrester too advise backup.

As usual, and if we do say so ourselves, CC Communications has the answer. Our SaaS Backup solutions will give you everything you need to eliminate SaaS Data loss and keep your data safe, secure and healthy. Your first step is getting in touch, then we can take care of everything for you with no fuss.



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