Best practices for data protection were analyzed in a recent report by Apricorn. The survey found that 25% of IT professionals follow industry best practices for backing up data. The survey details data backup, encryption and resiliency protocols for IT professionals in the United States and Canada over the last 12 months. Overall, the responses revealed gaps in data backup procedures, hedging risks from employees and securing data on the move with encryption.
The findings detail alarming trends around lax data backup procedures. While 93% of respondents say that they factor in data backups as part of their cyber security strategy, one in four follow the 3-2-1 rule, in which they keep three copies of data, on two different formats, one of which is stored off-site and encrypted.