The State of Data Resilience in the Enterprise: Many Corporate Leaders Are Not Taking Data Protection Seriously, Say IT Teams

Arcserve Research Reveals 1 in 4 Teams Does Not Have Executive Buy-in for Implementing Data Protection Strategies

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arcserve, the pioneer in unified data resilience solutions, today released its State of Data Resilience in the Enterprise Report. The survey of senior IT professionals in small- to large-sized organizations reveals that while the vast majority recognize how critical proprietary data is to their ongoing operations, more than 25% could not confidently say that their company leaders took this topic seriously.

“The impact in data disruption is multifaceted: operational, financial, regulatory, and reputational. We’ve all seen the stories making headlines lately. What doesn’t get covered is companies successfully implementing the best-practice 3-2-1-1 backup strategy and averting or rapidly remediating the impact of such attacks. The report that we published today shows that many are well prepared – but still too many remain vulnerable,” said Chris Babel, Arcserve CEO.

Key findings from Arcserve’s survey of U.S. IT leaders include:

• 80% of responders indicated that their organization was hit with a ransomware attack.
• 40% of companies have experienced data loss due to a SaaS application breach in the past year, and yet only 42% of all SaaS applications are monitored and secured by organizations themselves, leaving the rest in the hands of third parties or “unattended.”
• On average, 30% of survey respondents’ data could not be recovered after a successful ransomware attack.
• Nearly half responded “yes” when asked if they had experienced significant revenue loss due to data incidents.
• Looking at their current posture, only 31% are confident in their ability to recover in 24 hours.

4-1-1 on the 3-2-1-1

Today, the best practice for effective ransomware resilience and data loss prevention is the 3-2-1-1 backup strategy: having three copies of company data; storing backups on two different types of media; keeping one copy of the data offsite; and ensuring one copy is immutable.

• Much remains to be done in this field: almost a quarter of survey respondents say their organization still has not adopted the 3-2-1-1 backup strategy.

Click here to see Arcserve’s entire State of Data Resilience in the Enterprise Report, including tips for IT leaders to effectively communicate with internal stakeholders about mitigating the risks of data loss and downtime.

About Arcserve

Arcserve is the pioneer in unified data resilience solutions. For over 40 years, nearly 150,000 customers and over 30,000 channel partners across 150 countries have trusted Arcserve to strengthen their data resilience, recover lost assets, and ensure business continuity. With a unified approach to data protection and recovery, world-class technical support, and the lowest total cost of ownership, Arcserve helps businesses manage, defend, and—most importantly—recover their data from any situation. Explore more at arcserve.com and follow @Arcserve on X.