Arcserve has released its top three data predictions to be on the alert for in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the past year, the data\nprotection space faced a swath of challenges, compelling vendors to organically\nand inorganically evolve to meet rapidly transforming business needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ransomware attacks soared, with all sectors experiencing a 118% increase in attacks, data protection as a service (DPaaS) deployment rose to dominate many business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) strategies, and the impacts from climate change on business operations became clear as states like California intentionally turned off power lines to prevent wildfires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The year ahead will test many\nbusinesses, IT organisations and data protection vendors as threats to business\ndata become increasingly pervasive. Arcserve, LLC, an experienced data\nprotection provider, has shared the following BCDR predictions for 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ransomware reaches\nepidemic proportions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Over\nthe next year, we should expect cyberattacks to escalate, with cybercriminals\ntaking a more tailored approach to disseminate malware, and in many cases,\ntargeting the data backups themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Companies across all industries\nneed to understand that ransomware is a \u2018when\u2019 not \u2018if\u2019 scenario, and better\nprepare for this continued onslaught of cybercrime. Instead of relying solely\non security solutions, IT leaders must take a two-pronged approach to\nransomware mitigation to avoid choosing between data loss or paying a ransom \u2013\nand in many cases, both. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This\nmeans not only making investments in more advanced threat detection and\nremediation software, but also ensuring that data backup and disaster recovery\nprotocols have entered the modern era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2020, more businesses will\nseek out vendors who offer an integrated approach to cybersecurity and disaster\nrecovery with solutions that combine the two. In doing so, IT leaders will move\naway from segmenting threat prevention and data protection to assure mitigation\nfrom cyberattacks, no matter the level of sophistication or target. Further, IT\nteams will invest more time into making backup plans known to business leaders\nby more clearly documenting who is responsible for what if their organisation\nwere to fall victim to an attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cloud strategies reach\nfull maturity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Migrations to the cloud will\nonly continue to increase. But now IT professionals will weigh whether to\ndeploy hybrid and multi-cloud strategies and look for new ways to overcome the\nobstacles and complexities associated with each \u2013 especially as SaaS-based\nsolutions become more prevalent. Many companies are struggling to determine\nwhich data and applications should be in the cloud versus on-premises, learn\nthe nuances between varying hyperscaler subscriptions, features and\nfunctionalities, and ensure their IT teams have the proper training and skills\nto manage these environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2020, we should expect\norganisations to dedicate more resources to deploy these infrastructures\nsuccessfully and standardise a security model that works across different\nvendors to reduce gaps, avoid misconfigurations and ensure critical data,\nworkloads and applications remain resilient. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And, to\nmatch the pace at which organisations are moving to the cloud, we will likely\nsee an emergence of offerings that aim to make it easier for companies to\nmigrate their critical data. These solutions will deliver capabilities to\nensure there is no impact to production systems while the migration occurs, so\norganisations don\u2019t need to suffer any unnecessary downtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Businesses proactively\nprepare for epic storms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As\nweather events become more severe, businesses need to adjust their disaster\nrecovery plans to better anticipate those that could halt their operations and\nIT services. In the upcoming year, disaster recovery and business continuity\nspecialists will employ DR techniques, such as California\u2019s planned power shut\noffs, to prevent climate change from causing extended outages, data loss and\nfinancial damages. And, they will begin documenting these prevention tactics,\nparticularly in areas where severe weather is more likely, to enable business\nleaders to prepare for these scenarios ahead of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhile it\u2019s clear there are\nseveral internal and external factors that could impact business continuity,\nthe fact remains that enterprises are working toward making necessary\ninvestments to keep their priceless corporate data safe,\u201d said Oussama El-Hilali,\nCTO at Arcserve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNow,\nthe onus is on IT teams and business leaders to make sure they\u2019re staying on\ntop of and actively combatting new threats that can cause extended data loss or\ndowntime. Those that clearly define their policies and procedures and make\neducated investments into data protection will remain resilient.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arcserve has released its top three data predictions to be on the alert for in 2020. 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