Multi-Cloud Data Protection Best Practices For Cyber Resilience
Solutions Review, Tuesday, August 15,2023
Solutions Review's Contributed Content Series is a collection of contributed articles written by thought leaders in enterprise technology. In this feature, Panzura CISO Katie McCullough offers multi-cloud data protection best practices for cyber resilience.
A few years ago, we were knocking on the door of multi-cloud architecture. Today, it's the norm. Businesses are now realizing the seemingly endless benefits of combining private and public cloud solutions into one single cloud adoption strategy - from avoiding vendor lock-ins and cutting costs, to increasing agility and developing a cloud experience that aligns more closely with a company's specific needs. According to Gartner, more than half of all enterprise IT spending will shift to the cloud by 2025, much of it on distributed cloud architectures that span on-premises, edge servers, and private and public cloud solutions.
Agility is one thing, but there's an inherent risk to storing data across multiple cloud providers and on-premises infrastructure. More data in more environments typically means less visibility and a need to juggle multiple out-of-sync data 'islands' for backups and day-to-day processes. So how can businesses ensure that the integrity and security of their data remains consistent when stored in a distributed cloud environment?