Data Loss - Risk Analysis

General Info and Statistics:

Only 1 in 6 companies have an adequate disaster recovery plan.

Nearly 40% of all backup tapes used would not restore data correctly when needed in a system emergency.

Industry analysts report that 50% of businesses that lose their data never open their doors again.

Of those businesses that do stay open 90% end up failing completely within two years.

Nearly 1 in 4 computers has lost content to hackers, viruses, blackouts, or electrical failure.

69% of business computer users back up their data less than once a month if ever.

Due to a laptop’s portability, they are more susceptible to loss, theft or damage. As a result, the need for an automated system of repair and recovery of data is essential for remote and mobile users.

Any theft of backup tapes or zip disks, will result in someone having access to all your data, since these tapes and disks are not encrypted.

A virus, if undetected, will end up infecting all of your backup tapes and disks. Any corruption of your data files will end up corrupting your backup.

Laptop Statistics:

1) Computer Security Institute / FBI Computer Crime & Security Survey

In the year 2001, 591,000 laptops were stolen in the USA. That is a 53% increase over the 387,000 stolen in the year 2000.

The average cost of laptop theft to a company is $89,000!

2) 2003 BSI Computer Theft Survey

68% of all respondents report they only back-up data weekly, monthly, rarely or never - making the theft of a computing device a serious event that results in the permanent loss of data.

73% of respondents reported downtime due to computer theft ranging from several days to more than one month!

It is easy to see how important it is for you to have the best business continuity plan available. Part of your plan should be reliable, simple and scheduled back up of your data!

Online Data Backup Service:

Daily automatic backup of all your data to a secure, offsite, monitored location.

Backup monitoring provides notification if your backups are not working properly.

Immediate access 24/7 to your data in the case of theft, or other disaster.

All versions of each file for the last 30 days are kept, allowing you to go back to a previous version in the event of a file corruption or deletion.

Backup of laptops and mobile computers from any network.