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Hurricanes and cyberattacks and even simple human errors … oh my!
Data loss disasters can come in many forms, and they can bring your business to a grinding halt. Apart from the financial and reputational damage, failing to protect valuable data can also result in expensive lawsuits.
That's why businesses, regardless of size, must have a business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) plan. By implementing a foolproof BCDR, you can quickly get your business back up and running should disaster strike. It will also help you comply with governmental and industry regulatory frameworks.
In this post, we’ll break down the different types of data loss disasters and outline the key BCDR components that can help you make it through a disruptive event with flying colors.
Let's analyze the various types of data loss disasters that can hurt your business:
This covers everything from storms, hurricanes, floods, fires, tsunamis, and volcano eruptions. In most cases, you can expect infrastructural damages, power failure and mechanical failures, which could then lead to data loss.
Your business may fall prey to malware, ransomware, and virus attacks, which could leave your data and backups corrupt and irrecoverable. Additionally, data loss could be caused by malicious insiders with unauthorized access, which often goes under the radar.
Software and hardware disruption can cause data loss if you don't have BCDR measures in place. These disruptions could be due to bugs, glitches, configuration errors, programmatic errors, component failures, or simply because the device is at its end of life, or the software is outdated.
Human errors are a leading cause of data loss incidents. These errors range from accidental file deletions, overwriting of existing files and naming convention errors to forgetting to save or back up data or spilling liquid on a storage device.
Data loss can happen due to random, unexpected scenarios. For instance, a portable hard disk held by an employee could get stolen, your server room may have a water leak because of a plumbing issue, or there could even be a pest infestation in one of your data centers.
Here are a few crucial things to keep in mind as you build a robust BCDR strategy:
Identify potential risks and threats that would impact business operations. Measure and quantify the risks to tackle them.
Assess the potential consequences of a disruptive event on critical business functions and prioritize them in the recovery plan.
Implement procedures to resume critical business operations during disruption, with minimal downtime.
Plan a well-defined business resumption plan to recover critical IT functions and data following a disruptive incident.
Periodically test your disaster recovery and backup plans to ensure they can be recovered in a disaster. If they fail, you can work on the enhancement.
Developing and implementing a BCDR plan on your own can be daunting. However, Flagship Networks can help you build the right BCDR strategy for your business. Contact us today to get started!