Report on Issues in Data Back-up

Running head: DATA BACK-UP
Data Back-up
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1DATA BACK-UP
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Issue of Securing Backups...............................................................................................................2
Backup Media Storage.....................................................................................................................2
Off-Site Storage of Backups............................................................................................................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................2
References........................................................................................................................................2

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Introduction
The purpose of this report is to explain the issues and related to measures that most of the
organization are facing today related to the data back-up. Technology has changed the life living
of the individuals and information technology is playing very vital role in enhancing the
operational activities and data storage for the organizations. However, back-up is an option that
should be concerned while it comes to the security of data and information in an organization.
Issue of Securing Backups
There are many issues being faced by organization while backing up the data, which
includes the following:
Manual backups: Often this job is given to the MD or office admin who are not very
qualified but are motivated to keep storage. There might be a situation raised of human errors
and even are not able to restore the data when the matter comes to data loss (Ramachandran &
Chan, 2016).
Untested and Slow Restores: Most of the storage systems those are being used to keep
backup are often suffering from restores speeds and these restores systems are very rarely tested
and also does not have any restore SLA place.
Business risk due to data loss, Scalability due to limited storage, Damage because of
getting old are some of the greatest concerns while considering the issues related to the data
backup issues.