Companies generate an immense volume of data every day, and it is increasingly important to protect it and minimize the risks that can lead to damage, breaches and even the complete loss of valuable information. That’s why World Backup Day is celebrated on March 31st, as a wake-up call for the modern digital world that guarantees a return to operations in the event of data loss and/or theft.
“Backups remain critical – and how else can organizations quickly return to minimum viable operation after an attack and maintain performance? The main focus should be on clean backups and recovery. Anomaly detection and early warning systems are essential for this. Only then can companies stay ahead of the game and prevent cybercriminals from infiltrating backups,” explains Darren Thomson, CTO for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and India at Commvault. He adds that when approaching data, especially the most critical data sets, any unusual activity – such as encrypting a file – should be analyzed and, if it is considered malware, stopped before it has a chance to spread.
Thomson also reminds us that clean backups are only useful when the environment is clean for recovery. What’s more, a recovery plan that isn’t tested isn’t a recovery plan! The point is that properly testing and recovering to a clean room has historically been very expensive and complex. “Using the power of the cloud and AI, this is possible at a low cost and in a scalable way. The cloud makes it possible to create virtual environments guaranteed to be free of malware, so that clean backups and data sets can be restored and tested with confidence,” he says.
These cloud environments can be scaled up or down to allow regular testing while keeping costs down so that, in the most critical circumstances, a fast and reliable recovery is guaranteed. Ultimately, it’s about cyber resilience – being able to withstand attacks and continue operations even when the worst happens.
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