Arcserve Study: Large Organizations not Protecting Data as IT and Work Environments Evolve

Arcserve, Inc. has announced findings from an independent global research survey of large organizations.

A key result in the research survey found that 76% of US-based respondents are not re-evaluating and updating DR plans and ransomware defense as the workforce moves to a remote work model and the increased use of mobile devices on the data perimeter. As cyber criminals focus their attacks more on remote workers, it is a business imperative that organizations regularly assess changes in IT and work environments and bolster ransomware defenses and update DR plans accordingly.

Additional survey insights emphasize the lack of awareness of the need for an end-to-end data protection plan. Only 56% of respondents replied that edge and remote site data protection is critically important for their DR solution. Cybercriminals are continuously looking for different ways to infiltrate a business, so a data backup and DR strategy is essential to ensure that all parts of an organization remain operational even after a ransomware attack.

The research survey also revealed that 56% of US-based respondents found it difficult to ensure data compliance with country-restricted data (Canada, EU) when using cloud providers. As cloud computing adoption grows and country privacy and ownership laws become more restrictive and complex, global organizations will struggle to manage their data across borders.

Said Florian Malecki, EVP, marketing: “Our survey has unearthed significant data vulnerability gaps in large organizations’ view and approach to data protection as they standardize on a hybrid workforce strategy. Ransomware attacks continue to disrupt business operations significantly, and this issue is not going away anytime soon. It is critical that businesses continuously review and update their DR plans and incorporate data backup and recovery solutions and immutable storage as the foundation of their data resilience plan.“

About research conducted by Lead to Market:
IT executives of large organizations were interviewed for the survey. All participants had a budget or technical decision-making responsibility for data management, data protection, and storage solutions at a company with 500 to 5,000 employees and at least 100TB of data. The survey was fielded in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia.