As COVID-19 forced many companies to accelerate their migration to the crowd, it’s critical for businesses to revisit their continuity plan to reflect the new operating environment, and new disruptive threats, to ensure they’re properly prepared for what may come next.
Writing for ITProPortal.com, Faiz Khan, CEO of Wanclouds, notes three key concerns which a cloud-based disaster recovery strategy can help alleviate:
- Disruptions to physical sites caused by climate-related or climate-aggravated disasters, such as the California Camp Fire or the Fort McMurray wildfire
- Attacks in the form of ransomware, which can lock away resources and data, and potentially disrupt access to local backups, with healthcare organizations becoming an increasingly popular target
- Increased remote work, potentially resulting in key employees not being on site at the time a cybersecurity incident, preventing direct or immediate access to physical backups
In all cases, the ease of access of a cloud-based disaster recovery solution offers the opportunity to keep things up and running, and minimize downtime.
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