A common term in Information Technology is “Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery” or in laymen’s terms: “The thing/s we do that allow us to recover in the event something bad happens.” This isn’t limited to an organization’s backup strategy, but for the sake of this discussion that will be our primary focus.
In the past, backups focused on data. Or more specifically, data on servers. The backed-up data wasn’t always viewed with special consideration. Although the data was considered an asset, it wasn’t considered an asset requiring protection because it was the protection.
That changed in 2013 with ransomware. A company’s data and even its backups could be encrypted until a ransom of some kind was paid. A need to protect data that was backed up became apparent.
In today’s world (except for specific circumstances) our data is no longer on servers in an office somewhere. The data could be hosted on servers in a cloud like Azure or AWS and by extension, Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. It could also be located within 3rd parties like Intuit or Salesforce.
The evolution of threats to corporate data have evolved so much that most cybersecurity insurers are not just requiring backups be in place, but a written policy and a documented annual test of that policy. The requirements are exponentially greater for organizations that need to meet some level of compliance such as SEC, CMMC, HIPAA, PCI and more.
If your data is in Azure, Azure FedRAMP, Microsoft 365, or Google Workspace that data needs to be addressed with special consideration. It goes beyond encryption or replicating to a different geographical location.
Today’s modern backup strategies need to include a level of cybersecurity applying covert activity to your data. Applying technologies that hide your data after it has been encrypted and replicated elsewhere provide a level of asset protection not previously available.
As technology has evolved, Auxzillium has evolved with it. For over 25 years we have been Boston’s innovative and next-level IT solutions provider. If you’re looking to take advantage of solutions built on a foundation of cybersecurity meeting today’s demanding IT needs, then we are your best fit.
