Building Effective Business Continuity Solutions

This white paper discusses the critical importance of establishing effective business continuity solutions to mitigate data loss incidents. It outlines various causes of data loss, including hardware failures, malware attacks, and local disasters, emphasizing the significant financial and operational consequences businesses face when unprepared. The document presents the challenges many companies encounter, particularly regarding inadequate backup strategies that do not account for local disasters or cyber threats. It details a solution involving the use of removable storage media, such as Overland-Tandberg's RDX technology, which allows for safe data storage disconnected from the network. The paper also recommends a media rotation scheme to enhance data protection. Furthermore, it highlights the advantages of LTO tape libraries in providing off-line and off-site storage capabilities, thereby ensuring data accessibility post-attack. The conclusion stresses the necessity of regular backups and off-site storage to safeguard against both malware and local disasters.