Online data protection and loss prevention

If server storage hardware is corrupted due to a disaster situation, data becomes inaccessible. Therefore, the importance of information backup is apparent.

Loss of data can be the cause of widespread problems throughout a business. Losing information means massive decreases in staff productivity for employees who cannot continue tasks without important data.

Data loss also poses complications with regards to the Data Protection Act. It states that customer information must be “kept secure with appropriate technical and organisational measures taken to protect the information”.

Firewalls and patches should be installed and updated regularly as the first line of defence in the battle to protect online data because almost as quickly as new security solutions are created, hackers and viruses attempt to breach them.

Cyber threats are increasingly complex and growing in number, while malicious Internet worms and DDoS attacks in particular are on the increase.

Across the World, DDoS attacks grew by 400 per cent last year and they can be incredibly difficult to both identify and block.

Successful attacks literally paralyse victims, preventing them from conducting business, which on a global scale costs over a billion pounds each year in lost revenue.

Business continuity plans should also encompass preventative measures because prevention is infinitely better than the cure.

Of companies that have a major loss of computerised records, 43% never reopen, 51% close within two years, and only 6% survive long-term.

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