Chongwei Chen

Most businesses test their backup systems on the same device they're backing up — a critical oversight that can render recovered data completely unusable.

Even established businesses with substantial IT budgets make critical backup mistakes that can cost millions in lost data and expose organizations to catastrophic failures.

While most businesses invest in backup recovery systems, the majority skip the step of regularly testing them — which can mean the difference between survival and failure.

Minor data corruptions accumulate silently over time and undermine analytics, operational efficiency and regulatory compliance.

As remote work becomes permanent for many companies, organizations must implement cost-effective data security measures to protect sensitive company information.

While professional data recovery services may cost thousands of dollars, they represent a fraction of the true cost of permanent data loss,

Data loss can trigger massive regulatory fines and compliance nightmares, making robust backup systems and incident response planning essential for your business's survival.

Cloud storage isn't automatically safe. Businesses must actively protect their own data.

Your vendors' data disasters can destroy your business, even when you've never heard of the third-party provider that actually caused the crisis.

Even industry giants fall when they ignore critical BCP vulnerabilities.

From treating cloud storage as backup to neglecting encryption, these common blunders have shut down 51% of businesses within two years after data loss.