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Should Your Business Continuity Services Include Cloud Backup?

A business continuity plan outlines how a business will remain operational in the event of a disruption like a natural disaster or a widespread technical failure. These plans include everything from getting utilities turned back on to establishing lines of communication among staff.


Étant donné qu’un plan de continuité d’activité est un projet complexe, hautement personnalisé et impliquant plusieurs services, il existe aujourd’hui de nombreux prestataires spécialisés dans ce domaine qui proposent des services allant du conseil complet à l’assistance pratique en cas de sinistre.

Qu’est-ce que les services de continuité d’activité ?

De nombreux fournisseurs de services gérés (MSP) proposent des services de continuité d’activité dans plusieurs domaines, notamment :

  • Modèles de résilience, notamment le Backup and Recovery des données
  • Évaluations des risques liés à la sécurité
  • Gestion de crise
  • Formation et sensibilisation
  • Stratégies de retour au bureau
  • Gestion des risques et couverture d’assurance
  • Gestion des actifs logiciels et matériels
  • Services informatiques

Of course, every business is different and needs will vary. Not all companies will need all of the above services. But in today’s data-centric environment, every business that hosts its applications and workloads in the cloud will need a way to backup and rapidly restore its data in the event of a disaster. This is a component of business continuity that should be integrated into any business continuity conversations you may be having, no matter which services are recommended to you.

Let’s explore why, and how this works in the cloud.

How Does Data Backup—Specifically Cloud Backup—Fit with Business Continuity Services?

Backing up enterprise data has been an important part of business continuity plans for decades, dating back to when businesses stored data on multiple sets of tape copies on-premises. In today’s technology landscape, the amount of data being used on a daily basis has also grown exponentially and the majority of businesses have migrated their applications and workloads to the cloud to leverage its scale and elasticity. This evolution has created a need for cloud backup-as-a-service.

If your organization’s applications are hosted in the cloud, you are better off using a backup solution built specifically for the cloud. When the cloud backup solution is deployed, data is backed up according to a set schedule and then securely stored in the cloud. If an incident occurs that leads to loss, corruption, or, compromise of data — such as a physical disaster or a ransomware attack — the most recent copy of the data backup can be recovered and restored from any location with access to the cloud backup platform.

Les données sont au cœur de vos activités ; que votre entreprise dispose de centaines de sites physiques répartis à travers le monde ou qu’il s’agisse d’une entreprise en ligne, la nécessité de disposer à la fois d’une sauvegarde dans le cloud et d’une restauration rapide reste la même.

Les organisations qui font appel à un MSP pour la protection de leurs données doivent s’assurer que ce dernier utilise une solution de sauvegarde native du cloud capable de :

  • Sauvegarder et stocker efficacement les données
  • Veillez à ce que les sauvegardes soient stockées en dehors des comptes principaux afin de protéger les données contre les cybermenaces telles que les ransomwares.
  • Identifier, récupérer et restaurer rapidement les données et les charges de travail les plus essentielles pour garantir la continuité de l’activité

Protégez vos données grâce à une solution de Backup and Recovery dans le cloud sécurisée et complète, ainsi qu’à une restauration rapide

Clumio’s industry-leading cloud backup-as-a-service platform boasts numerous rapid recovery capabilities —such as granular and flexible recovery — that can identify and restore specific mission-critical data and applications needed to maintain business continuity in order of priority.

In addition to Clumio’s rapid restore capabilities, organizations are also provided with features that include

  • Protection contre les ransomwares grâce à des sauvegardes isolées et immuables, stockées séparément des comptes principaux
  • Gestion automatisée du cycle de vie des données
  • Clear visibility into snapshot storage for faster, easier compliance
  • Des outils d’analyse des coûts pour aider à réduire les dépenses inutiles liées au cloud

Cloud backup is an essential business continuity requirement for any organization that has migrated to the cloud. Learn why Clumio is the industry’s leading innovator for cloud backup and rapid recovery by scheduling a demo today. We’ll show you how your business can be up and running with Clumio in just 15 minutes, without the need to install any new infrastructure, software, or conduct any pre-planning beforehand.

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