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FINAL WORD
Immutable snapshots: To ensure
unstructured data can be recovered,
companies should protect their information
with continuous immutable snapshots. Data
captured this way is ‘frozen’ and cannot
be overwritten or deleted by ransomware
attackers. This ensures an organisation can
revert to a secure set of data.
Orchestration: A successful recovery
process requires that business-critical data
and applications are prioritised. Companies
using cloud-based recovery should predetermine
the order in which their data
and applications will be recovered. This
‘orchestration’ ensures minimal downtime,
once data recovery begins.
Immediate recovery: Considering one
minute of downtime costs US$5,600
according to industry analyst firm,
Gartner, the speed of recovery following
a ransomware attack is a crucial element
of the remediation and recovery process.
Solutions such as StorageCraft VirtualBoot
provide the ability to recover virtual and
physical infrastructures – and both structured
and unstructured data – instantly.
Failback: After a successful cloud-based
recovery, the last step in remediating a
ransomware infection is returning the data
infrastructure to its original location and
resuming operations as usual. The planned
failback process should have a minimal
impact on production applications to
minimise any additional downtime and
adverse effect on the business.
What are some of the key challenges
organisations face when it comes
to data protection and how can
StorageCraft help to address these?
A recent survey, commissioned by
StorageCraft, discovered that nearly 50%
of IT decision makers are struggling with
data growth and believe it is only going
to get worse. Further to this, 51% are not
confident that their IT infrastructures can
perform instant data recovery in the event
of a failure. It’s clear that exponential data
growth and its safe storage is a challenge for
organisations and an area that businesses
need additional support.
The findings also reveal a concerning
disconnect between an organisation’s
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WHEN IT COMES
TO SYSTEM
DOWNTIME,
BUSINESSES
RISK BOTH
REPUTATIONAL
DAMAGE AND THE
COST ASSOCIATED
WITH DOWNTIME.
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