Network Backups: Are You Confident They'll Work When Needed?
Solutions Review, February 3rd, 2023
Solutions Review's Expert Insights Series is a collection of contributed articles written by industry experts in enterprise software categories. Josh Stephens of BackBox offers best practice tips to keep you confident that your network backups will work when needed.
Recent high-profile network outages have brought attention to the importance of not just automating improvements in network security and operations, but recovering quickly and minimizing downtime when disaster strikes. In just the first month of 2023, a multinational technology and collaboration company, a top blockchain platform, and a large Canadian health organization all experienced publicly reported network outages that disrupted critical services for their customers. Even though network outages like these are both common and costly, many organizations are woefully underprepared for them. During any network outage, the first question that should be asked is 'What changed?' After that question has been answered, the next step is typically to restore from prior to the change. Unfortunately, in many cases, that's simply not possible.