{"id":2478,"date":"2018-03-01T16:47:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T21:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2019-07-08T10:58:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T14:58:57","slug":"by-the-numbers-improve-on-2017-disaster-recovery-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/by-the-numbers-improve-on-2017-disaster-recovery-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"By the Numbers: Improve on 2017 Disaster Recovery Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2479\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2018\/03\/Improve-on-2017-Backup-and-Recovery-Practices.jpg\" alt=\"Improve on 2017 Backup and Recovery Practices\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2018\/03\/Improve-on-2017-Backup-and-Recovery-Practices.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2018\/03\/Improve-on-2017-Backup-and-Recovery-Practices-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2018\/03\/Improve-on-2017-Backup-and-Recovery-Practices-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2018\/03\/Improve-on-2017-Backup-and-Recovery-Practices-540x270.jpg 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2018\/03\/Improve-on-2017-Backup-and-Recovery-Practices-162x81.jpg 162w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2018\/03\/Improve-on-2017-Backup-and-Recovery-Practices-360x180.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">2017 was a difficult year for many businesses because of a barrage of global ransomware attacks. Companies big and small were affected, and because many of them were not ready for an attack, they failed at maintaining their operating systems. The 2017 statistics on disaster recovery practices, largely from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datto.com\/thank-you\/ch-ransomware-survey-17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.datto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Datto<\/a>, show that change is necessary for these businesses to continue operating.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"speedbump-1\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/get-free-disaster-recovery-service-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"DRaaS Buyer's Guide\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2020\/02\/DRaaS_SB_BG_800.gif\" alt=\"Download Link to DRaaS Buyer's Guide\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In 2017,<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><em><strong>45%<\/strong> of unplanned downtime was the result of hardware failure.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This percentage can be reduced by having backup infrastructure, as well as having a plan to replace old hardware before any issues arise.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><strong>35% <\/strong>of unplanned downtime was caused by power outages.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While a power outage can be hard to plan for, having a backup generator and well thought out disaster recovery plan will make dealing with this problem much easier.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.storagecraft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">StorageCraft<\/a>, this unplanned downtime costs companies between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.storagecraft.com\/blog\/business-continuity-statistics-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>$926 and $17,244 per minute.<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><strong>30% <\/strong>of businesses had no disaster recovery plan in place at all.<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><strong>90%<\/strong> of businesses without a disaster recovery strategy will fail in the aftermath of a disaster.<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><strong>33% <\/strong>of businesses were unprepared for an attack, despite the fact that they had a recovery plan.<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><strong>12% <\/strong>of companies were unable to recover the data they had lost.<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>The process of recovering from a disaster takes up <strong>25% <\/strong>of staff time.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Being unprepared in these instances takes a huge toll on a business. There is the potential for loss of employment, loss of resources, and even total failure of the company itself. However, statistics related to having a reliable backup and disaster recovery plan show that there can be success in the face of an attack.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><strong>96%<\/strong> of companies with a trusted backup and disaster recovery plan were able to survive ransomware attacks.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Though there are not many conclusive statistics on disaster recovery this early into 2018, some projections have been made on the subject for this year.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Ransomware attacks are expected to rise by <strong>11.5%<\/strong> this year.<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><strong>97% <\/strong>of IT service providers forecast that the number of cyber attacks will grow drastically over the next two years, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/dbtechnologies.com.au\/7-backup-disaster-recovery-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Dynamic Business Technologies<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>48% <\/strong>of IT providers believe that phishing emails are to blame for ransomware attacks, and <strong>36% <\/strong>believe they are a result of a lack of employee cybersecurity training.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The state of cyber attacks doesn\u2019t appear to be changing anytime soon, and many businesses have already begun <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/cio-tech-poll-shows-increase-in-backup-and-recovery-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">putting money into backup and recovery<\/a> as a security measure. In revisiting this data, businesses can look back on 2017 so they can avoid repeating past mistakes, and plan for the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"speedbump-3\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/data-protection-vendor-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"Data Protection Vendor Map\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2020\/02\/DP_VM_SB_800.jpg\" alt=\"Download Link to Data Protection Vendor Map\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2017 was a difficult year for many businesses because of a barrage of global ransomware attacks. Companies big and small were affected, and because many of them were not ready for an attack, they failed at maintaining their operating systems. The 2017 statistics on disaster recovery practices, largely from a report from\u00a0Datto, show that change [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":2479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[73,72],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>By the Numbers: Improve on 2017 Disaster Recovery Practices<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"2017 statistics on disaster recovery practices show that many businesses were not ready to handle cyber attacks. 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