3 Possible Causes of Data Loss for Enterprises and how to avoid it

Data loss can be a very serious problem for businesses. Most businesses stop operating in the absence of an effective BCP (Business Continuity Plan). Data loss impacts large organizations and small ones equally

The three possible causes of data loss that can give you cold sweats are

1. Hardware Crash of your ERP Server or File Server

Hardware failure is not an uncommon thing in today’s world of enterprise computing. It is estimated that up to 75% of all the hardware crashes are due to some form of component fault. Many enterprises have data loss due to hardware crash as a result.

A recent survey revealed that over 55% of organizations have experienced at least one data loss in the past two years due to computer crashes. The survey highlights the need for best practices in terms of data backup and recovery strategies in order to avoid significant losses.

2. Loss / Hardware Crash of User’s Laptop

There are many ways in which data can be lost from a laptop. A user’s laptop can be stolen, or the user may forget their password and lock themselves out of their own device. Sometimes, users might not back up the data before they change the hard drive for something new. The most common case is when the hard drive crashes because of hardware failure.

It is important to ensure that all data is backed up on a server to prevent any serious data loss in the case of hardware malfunction or device loss. Data on a traditional hard drive may only be accessed by a single user, and if there’s an issue with the hard drive itself, those files are inaccessible.

3. Ransomware Attack on your Server or Laptop

The ransomware has a data encryption routine which is so strong that it is impossible for an average user to decrypt the files.

The impact of this attack can be devastating. It can result in loss of all data on your server or laptop. This could even lead to entire business shutting down because they don’t have any records for their clients or for their own work.

Ransomware attacks are one of the most common types of cyberattacks today, and they are proving to be effective at getting their desired results – payment from victims. They usually work by encrypting all the data on a victim’s system and providing them with a key for decryption only when they pay the ransom in cryptocurrency, typically Bitcoin.

The Solution: Data Loss Prevention through Automatic Data Backup

Data loss prevention is the need of the hour in a digital world. To make sure that data is not lost, lost, or compromised, a business needs to have a data loss prevention strategy in place.

Logically, an enterprise can be sure of business continuity by providing for secure and reliable off-premises backup of server and laptop data. But in many cases people forget to back up their data in time and when it happens, panic sets in. So, what should a person do in those cases?

BLACKbox is the answer for reliable and automatic off-premises backup services for your servers and laptops with the following unique features.

1. Daily reports on the data backup status over email and a centralized dashboard
2. Versions of Backup to take care of ransomware situations
3. Encrypted Data Backup to ensure data integrity

If you use BLACKbox, we know you’ll never lose your data due to ransomware, or hardware failure or user error again. BLACKbox maintains two data zones for your data, bit-locked zone known as Vault and un-bit-locked zone, known as workspace. Every day it facilitates 2 processes.

Firstly, Manually or Automatically, BLACKbox can move unused files for certain number of days to Vault, but still is accessible to users. Secondly, BLACKbox backs up your entire workspace using a time machine. Suppose, for example, ransomware struck–rest assured that your vault data would be unaffected. Your workspace data will be affected. No problem, you can just shift entire workspace to yesterday and continue your work with minimum data loss.

BLACKbox not only saves your data but also saves you money compared to other popular cloud syncing solutions with

1. One time cost of backup with marginal yearly AMC cost of the agent software
2. Yearly rental based enterprise-wide storage pool for all its servers and laptops instead of per-user per year storage
3. No charges for downloading/restoring the data

4. Starts from 1250 INR per month per enterprise

Watch the video how Blackbox enables enterprises.

Conclusion

Data protection is a serious issue that needs to be addressed immediately. With so many companies collecting detailed information on their users, it is crucial that we take steps to safeguard this data.

Do you know when your company will face a data breach? The average time is just 8 months, and the cost can reach up to $10,000 per breach which is a hefty price for MSMEs. Start protecting yourself today.

The Blackbox solution is designed for MSMEs, we have helped 1000s of MSME with their business continuity. Don’t loose more time get BLACKbox today write to us at info@synersoft.in and start protecting your data now!