Data in today’s world is vulnerable to theft and loss, even in the cloud. No matter how advanced our security tools are, things like unexpected or deliberate data deletion, file formatting errors, malicious activities, or malware can get the best of us.
Take the case of British Airways. In September 2018, the airline made public that it had suffered a data breach and that its customers’ personal and financial information had been compromised.
According to Mike James from security platform GlobalSign, “Cybersecurity experts suggested hackers were able to carry out an attack that is something akin to a digital version of skimming, where data was copied as it was entered into the system during the purchasing process.” This is just one of the many examples of how bad things can get if companies don’t take enough precautions to protect their data.
Ontrack’s 2018 global survey on more than 800 participants revealed the main causes of data loss:
And in its 2017 State of the IT Report, SpiceWorks found that companies have reserved up to 14% of their budget to purchase managed services for storage, backup, and archiving. That’s especially great news for resellers.
