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Most businesses backup data using tape backup, but is it done daily? Are tapes stored securely off-site? Will the restore actually work when it's needed? 99% of all business do not do a daily backup, 60% of backups are incomplete, 50% of restores fail, only 25% of tapes are stored off-site and end user compliance with backups is only 8%.  "On average, by the 6th day of a major data loss, companies experience a 25% loss in daily revenue. By day 25 it is 40%."
"43% of companies that experience a severe data loss disaster, and that have no recovery plan in place, never re-open."
"The average cost to a UK SME of a virus attack is £843 with an average downtime of 7.2 hours."
The law states that businesses must take care: "You must safeguard your own or anyone else's data, by appropriate precautions against loss, corruption or unauthorized disclosure" Data Protection Act, 1998 |
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