In today’s hybrid cloud era, traditional data protection techniques continue to fall short as businesses try to recover from increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. Today, cybercriminals no longer just infiltrate and corrupt production data and systems, but also insert malware into backups. So, when organisations try to recover from the attack using an infected backup copy, they inadvertently end up restoring the virus – this becomes a vicious cycle making it almost impossible for them to recover successfully and leaving them no choice but to pay the ransom.
Since data is the lifeblood of businesses, a robust backup strategy is crucial to safeguard against data loss and ensure business continuity. IT leaders share the common backup challenges organisations in Asia Pacific face today and best practices for data backup and recovery.
Michel Borst, area vice president for Asia, Commvault:
