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In March 2021, nearly 36 million websites and online services crashed due to a fire at the OVHCloud data center in Strasbourg. The incident caused serious reputational and economic damage, and at the same time made experts think once again about protecting data centers and customers from possible threats.

Cloud backup is the most modern solution for protecting the data and digital infrastructure of a company.

The measures for setting up security in a data centre were defined and tested quite a long time ago. Firewall, antivirus and other specialised software exists and is becoming better and better.

Automatic data backup is a set of measures intended to generate copies of files and restore files if they are lost. Such copies are necessary if the data are lost due to technical failures, or malicious destruction of the data.

Backing up of databases is a necessary and virtually unavoidable thing to do if you want to run a business today. Statistics show that not so long ago, as few as 25% of business were aware of the possibility of setting up and maintaBacking up of databases is a necessary and virtually unavoidable thing to do if you want to run a business today. Statistics show that not so long ago, as few as 25% of business were aware of the possibility of setting up and maintaining a backup platform for storing their databases. ining a backup platform for storing their databases.

Losing your hardware is not as dangerous as losing a file that describes how the equipment is working. Losing a few stacks of banknotes will not undermine the stability of the company on the market, while leaking a document with information about the company’s financial condition and prospects can.

Preventing interruptions in the operation of information systems and infrastructures is virtually impossible. Suffice to say that as cloud technologies become more sophisticated, so do cyber attacks, such as data theft, DDoS, malware and spam; the number of such attacks is rising as well.

Modern businesses increasingly depend on cybersecurity and the stability of IT system operation. System failures can often paralyse a company, leading to significant losses, unhappiness among clients, and a worse reputation.

Targeted cyber-attacks are specially design to infect a particularly person, business or industry. Although untargeted attacks are more common, targeted attacks still are more destructive and can cause significant losses. While untargeted attacks are not made for particular business or person and this type of cyber-attacks aim to infect as many businesses and people as possible, targeted attacks are hand-picked and tailored for the specific target and goal - most often to make money or paralyze the target.

How to remain productive and secure when your employees switch to remote mode? Many enterprises struggle with this question lately. Working remotely from home or business trip can be as effective as work from an office, but only if you ensure convenient IT environment that your employees can use to access their work desktop, necessary applications and software.