Start Your New Year Fresh Protect Your Data with Backup & DR

New year is just around the corner and before we jump into the new year, it is important to look at all the data loss incidents that occurred this year. Unfortunately, there have been a lot of ransomware attacks and experts predict that the number of these attacks would most likely increase in the coming year so it is best to include backup and DR in your new year’s resolution.

2019-A Year of Ransomware Attacks

2019 was supposed to be the year in which ransomware attacks would start to decrease but sadly this was not the case. Reportedly, 7.2 billion malware attacks were launched in 2019 as well as about 151.9 million ransomware attacks. This is a significant increase in ransomware attacks from the previous year and these numbers are only expected to grow in the coming year.

Get Ransomware Protection- Backup Your Data

There is no doubt that ransomware attacks would most likely increase in the coming year and without any ransomware protection, it is impossible to recover from these attacks. If your data is very important to you, which it most probably is, and you still do not have any ransomware protection, then backing up your data should be your topmost priority in 2020.

When there is ransomware, there is always a risk of data loss. Even without the element of ransomware, data loss is always a probability. If you do not want to lose your mission-critical data, then backing it up to the cloud is the right choice. Veeam backup to Azure can be used to back up data.

Backup & Disaster Recovery

Backups would enable you to back up your data to the cloud, in a safe location so that you know that even if you are hit with a ransomware attack, you can be at peace with your mind that your data is safe and ready to be recovered whenever needed.

Disaster recovery can help greatly in making sure that your Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) are as low as possible so that you can recover your data in a matter of minutes and suffer downtime as low as less than 15 minutes.

This little to none downtime is made possible due to the ability to directly spin up VMs to the backup appliance and this feature is offered by none other than StoneFly in their backup and disaster recovery appliances.

 To Sum Up

Ransomware is a huge threat and it will only get worse in the coming years. It is best to get a backup and disaster recovery solution today so that you can start your new year on a high note without having to worry about the protection of your data.