Barracuda released key findings from a global research study titled: Closing Backup and Recovery Gaps. Barracuda surveyed more than 1,000 IT professionals, business executives, and backup administrators worldwide to find out more about their data protection strategies.
Read the full report: https://www.barracuda.com/data-protection-report
The research reveals new details about the attitudes and approaches SMBs have when it comes to backing up and recovering data, the impact that cloud and SaaS solutions are having on data protection strategies, and confusion that is exposing firms to significant risk.
Backup challenges and confusion
Overall the study shows that the migration to the cloud is well underway, but organizations are not protecting their cloud and SaaS data effectively. Key findings include:
"While more IT professionals are embracing ways the cloud can support data protection, such as replicating backup data to the cloud, many are making dangerous assumptions about SaaS and cloud data that are putting organizations at risk," says Chris King, Director, Product Management, Data Protection at Barracuda Networks. "IT still needs to consider how data is protected, even after migrating to cloud or SaaS applications."
Today's complex infrastructures and targeted cyber attacks require a complete backup strategy that protects data wherever it resides — on‑premises or in the cloud. Barracuda's Backup solutions offers continuous data protection and the flexibility of replicating to a remote physical or virtual appliance, or to the cloud. It's Cloud-to-Cloud Backup provides comprehensive, cost-effective and scalable protection.