Are Your Business Workstations Backed Up?

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According to the Contingency Planning and Strategic Research Corporation, 96 % of all business workstations are not backed up.
58% of downtime incidents are caused by human error alone. Natural disasters only account for 10% of downtime.
$1.7 trillion is lost globally through unplanned data loss and downtime.
EMC Global Data Protection Index
While the exact cost of downtime depends on your company’s size, small companies lose approximately $8,581 per hour, medium size companies $215,638 per hour, and large enterprises $686, 250 for every hour of downtime.
According to the latest Verizon 2015 data Breach Report, the forecast average loss for a breach of 1,000 records is between $52,000 and $87,000
Scary stat
45% OF EMPLOYEES RECEIVE NO CYBERSECURITY TRAINING FROM THEIR EMPLOYERS.
North America receives more than 50% of all cyber-attacks according to McAfee Labs
One in Four companies never test their Disaster Recovery Plans
21% lack he skill set and 36% say they lack the time.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James Donnell has been in operations and IT roles involving ...
... management, advisory, and sales capacities for over twenty years. He has reviewed operations, advised clients, and sold services for over fifteen years. His experience involves assisting companies, institutions and third party service providers in meeting their goals and solving their challenges. James possess extensive experience in utilizing technology solutions to solve challenges involving business applications, business process improvements, payment processing, and security service operations. Additionally, he lends his project management expertise and advisory services skills.