Statistics Reinforce the Importance of a Strong Company Backup and Disaster Recovery Plan
It could be your worst nightmare. A server overheats, starting a fire that consumes your computer room before the sprinkler system kicks in and completes the disaster process. You've lost facilities, hardware, network and data. Now what? There are four primary assets needed to effectively operate an information system: facilities, hardware, network and data. In the event of a disaster, hardware and networks can be replaced, and facilities can be moved to a new location. In fact, with the exception of data, almost every practice asset can be replaced. Therefore, your top priority should be to protect the asset that’s most at risk and hardest to replace: YOUR DATA!
- Over 80% of companies who suffer a disaster can expect to go out of business within 18 months as a consequence. (Source - Survive)
- International Data Corp. estimates an average loss of $84,000 for every hour of downtime. According to Strategic Research, the cost of downtime is estimated at close to $90,000 per hour!
- 70% of all successful attacks on computer networks, many of which were accidental, were carried out by employees/insiders (Source - IDC)
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