Every day there is a significant increase in data storage. Managing, collecting, processing, transmitting and storing data has become a separate workload for organizations. Most of the data is critical data and laws and regulations are being made on this subject. Organizations have many obligations to fulfill in accordance with these laws. In addition, as the amount of stored data increases, the risk of data crashes also increases. It is essential for organizations to have a disaster recovery plan to protect their data from external conditions.
Protecting Your Business from Malware
Despite the development of software and hardware technology, a data crash will affect most data owners. Whether due to a physical error, a corrupted file system, or a user error, the consequences of a data crash can be catastrophic.
- Security breaches have increased by 11% since 2018 and 67% since 2014.
- Hackers attack an average of 2,244 times per day, once every 39 seconds.
- The average cost of a data breach is $3.92 million as of 2019.
- In 2016, Uber reported that hackers stole information from more than 57 million drivers and passengers and had to pay $100,000 to the hackers.
- 92% of malware is delivered via email.
- SMEs became targets in 2019 due to the perception that they have less security capacity.
The best way to protect your business from ransomware is to have a secure backup. You should regularly test your backup to make sure it works correctly, so you can quickly access your backup data when needed.
Business Continuity Plans and Emergency Recovery Plans
- Creating an emergency center for IT systems keeps you safe in such situations. ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management System and ISO 27001 Information Security Management Systems can also help you set standards in this regard.
- A good emergency center should include all possible scenarios. E.g.: human error, hacking, natural disasters, etc.
- When establishing an emergency center, all employees should be included in this process.
- Make sure you have contacted a data recovery company and that the details are in your prepared recovery plan. Being in contact with a data recovery company in emergencies can make a difference in terms of time. Being in contact with Tekniknokta experts in this regard can save you from a possible new disaster.
- An emergency team should be created for emergencies and the duties and responsibilities of each person in the team should be clearly stated.
- Pre-information trainings for emergencies should be conducted within the organization, an emergency action plan should be created, and scenarios should be created at certain intervals throughout the year and the existing system should be tested.
- Hosting a separate server for the backup process is one of the safest methods. This backup server should be in a secure environment and should not be left in a location accessible to everyone. All necessary precautions should be taken for situations that may block the system as a result of natural disasters (Fire, earthquake, storm, flood, etc.).
- Within the organization, the existing IT infrastructure and processes should be analyzed first. Risks should be identified and improvements should be made quickly for situations that are at high risk. Here, system vulnerabilities should also be tested with Penetration tests. You can consult Tekniknokta's experienced Pentest experts on this subject.
Starting a business continuity and disaster management project for all services and processes of the organization will be both complex and costly. Therefore, it is important in terms of cost to carry out a study on the right products and services, the right risks when making the analysis.