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World Backup Day highlights need for strong data resilience
Storage

World Backup Day highlights need for strong data resilience

As World Backup Day nears on 31 March, experts stress the urgency for businesses to modernise data resilience amid rising AI reliance and cybersecurity threats.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 28th Mar 2025
Data backup vital says ISMS.online officer as day nears
Data Protection

Data backup vital says ISMS.online officer as day nears

As World Backup Day nears, Sam Peters from ISMS.online emphasises the critical need for robust data backup strategies to enhance business resilience and regulatory compliance.

By Melania Watson • 2 min read • Wed, 26th Mar 2025
World Backup Day highlights need for Active Directory focus
Firewalls

World Backup Day highlights need for Active Directory focus

As World Backup Day approaches, Semperis underscores the urgent need for businesses to prioritise Active Directory backups to combat rising cyber threats.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Mon, 17th Mar 2025
World Backup Day highlights crucial data protection needs
Firewalls

World Backup Day highlights crucial data protection needs

World Backup Day on 31 March highlights the necessity for organisations to back up vital data, including identity management systems like Microsoft Entra ID.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Mon, 17th Mar 2025
Rethinking data resilience on World Backup Day 2025
Virtualisation

Rethinking data resilience on World Backup Day 2025

As World Backup Day nears, experts stress that mere data backups are now inadequate amid rising cyber threats, urging a shift to robust resilience strategies.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Sun, 16th Mar 2025
Exclusive: Barracuda's insights for World Backup Day
Firewalls

Exclusive: Barracuda's insights for World Backup Day

Ahead of World Backup Day, Barracuda's Matt Caffrey discusses the vital role of data backup, ever-growing cybersecurity threats and significance of immutable backups in an exclusive.

By Tom Raynel • 4 min read • Tue, 2nd Apr 2024
World Backup Day triggers call for holistic cybersecurity overhaul
Data Protection

World Backup Day triggers call for holistic cybersecurity overhaul

On World Backup Day, tech industry leaders urge organisations to improve cyber security strategies and adopt hardware-based solutions and Zero Trust protocols. They also highlight the potential risks of generative AI.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Sat, 30th Mar 2024
Importance of cyber readiness emphasised for World Backup Day
Data Protection

Importance of cyber readiness emphasised for World Backup Day

CybeReady, an autonomous cybersecurity learning firm, highlights the key role of cybersecurity readiness as World Backup Day 2024 approaches.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 29th Mar 2024
World Backup Day highlights need for robust data protection
Malware

World Backup Day highlights need for robust data protection

Ahead of World Backup Day on 31st March, Veeam's Regional CTO, Anthony Spiteri, advises companies on five imperative strategies for secure data backup, amidst rising cyber-attacks.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 29th Mar 2024
Rubrik urges shift from data backup to cyber resilience
Malware

Rubrik urges shift from data backup to cyber resilience

Chief Product Officer at Rubrik, Anneka Gupta, emphasises the need for a cyber resilience era, combining threat posture and recovery, to counter increasingly successful disruptions by malicious actors.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 29th Mar 2024
The imperative to go beyond backup, by focusing on cyber resilience & AI
Disaster Recovery

The imperative to go beyond backup, by focusing on cyber resilience & AI

This World Backup Day Cohesity calls for a focus on cyber resilience & AI amid rising cyber threats.

By Brett Chase • 5 min read • Thu, 28th Mar 2024
World Backup Day underscores importance of Australian data protection
Data Protection

World Backup Day underscores importance of Australian data protection

World Backup Day (March 31) underscores the vital need for Aussies and businesses to consider rigorous data protection in light of increasing cyber threats, according to Pete Murray, Managing Director ANZ at Veritas Technologies.

By Kaleah Salmon • 2 min read • Thu, 28th Mar 2024
World Backup Day punctuates rising fears of cyber-attacks
Data Protection

World Backup Day punctuates rising fears of cyber-attacks

As cyber threats rise, World Backup Day emphasises the urgency of data protection, with 90% of executives fearing a ransomware attack, says Cloudera's SVP, Remus Lim.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 26th Mar 2024
Rising ransomware attacks amplify World Backup Day's importance
Data Protection

Rising ransomware attacks amplify World Backup Day's importance

World Backup Day highlights the escalating data breach issue as 24% of businesses suffered ransomware attacks in 2023, a significant jump from 15% in 2022, according to a survey.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Mon, 25th Mar 2024
Data tampering is an underrated threat — get your backup ready
Firewalls

Data tampering is an underrated threat — get your backup ready

Data tampering's growing threat in the era of AI underscores the essential role of immutable backups in protecting business data.

By Charles Smith • 4 min read • Mon, 25th Mar 2024

Stories from Other Regions

World Backup Day stories

Half of businesses risk severe data loss, Fasthosts research shows
Data Protection

Half of businesses risk severe data loss, Fasthosts research shows

Fasthosts warns that nearly half of businesses may not be prepared to prevent major data losses, a risk that could cause significant financial and reputational damage.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Sat, 30th Mar 2024
Vodafone urges Aussies to back up digital memories ahead of World Backup Day
Data Protection

Vodafone urges Aussies to back up digital memories ahead of World Backup Day

In 2023, over 22,000 device accidents were reported by Vodafone customers, threatening invaluable digital memories. The company has urged Australians to regularly backup data, particularly with World Backup Day coming up on March 31.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Thu, 28th Mar 2024
Rising data breaches underscore importance of World Backup Day
Data Protection

Rising data breaches underscore importance of World Backup Day

As data breaches surge by 19% in 2023, World Backup Day urges personal and enterprise level data protection, with Cloudera's VP Keir Garrett emphasising disaster recovery measures.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 26th Mar 2024