Schrodinger’s Backup: Is Your Backup Really a Backup?
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In this session, we discussed the critical need for comprehensive backups across all aspects of our industry—from code and databases to webservers, file servers, and network configurations. Emphasizing the importance of proactive measures, attendees were urged to ensure their backup systems were tested through restoration processes. The session underscored the risk of discovering backup issues only during crises, highlighting the necessity of verifying backup integrity through restoration tests.
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Schrodinger’s Backup: Is Your Backup Really a Backup?
- 1. Is It Really a Backup If You Don't Know If You Can Restore It?
- 3. What Is A Backup? History of Backup Options Why Do We Care? What Is A Restore? Why Do We Care About Those?
- 4. It's the process of making a copy of something to be used in case of a failure.
- 9. Tape
- 10. Tape Hard Disk
- 23. In 2010, the world surpased 10 bytes of data. 21 https://cybersecurityventures.com/the-world-will-store-200-zettabytes-of-data-by-2025/
- 24. In 2010, the world surpased 10 bytes of data. 21 In 2018, more than 1 exabyte, of new data daily. https://cybersecurityventures.com/the-world-will-store-200-zettabytes-of-data-by-2025/
- 25. In 2010, the world surpased 10 bytes of data. 21 In 2018, more than 1 exabyte, of new data daily. In 2020, over 4.8 billion internet users. https://cybersecurityventures.com/the-world-will-store-200-zettabytes-of-data-by-2025/
- 26. In 2010, the world surpased 10 bytes of data. 21 In 2018, more than 1 exabyte, of new data daily. In 2020, over 4.8 billion internet users. In 2020, over 44 zettabytes of data. https://cybersecurityventures.com/the-world-will-store-200-zettabytes-of-data-by-2025/
- 27. In 2010, the world surpased 10 bytes of data. 21 In 2018, more than 1 exabyte, of new data daily. In 2020, over 4.8 billion internet users. In 2020, over 44 zettabytes of data. By 2025, over 75 billion IoT Devices. https://cybersecurityventures.com/the-world-will-store-200-zettabytes-of-data-by-2025/
- 28. In 2010, the world surpased 10 bytes of data. 21 In 2018, more than 1 exabyte, of new data daily. In 2020, over 4.8 billion internet users. In 2020, over 44 zettabytes of data. By 2025, over 75 billion IoT Devices. By 2025, over 463 exabytes of data created each day. https://cybersecurityventures.com/the-world-will-store-200-zettabytes-of-data-by-2025/
- 29. In 2010, the world surpased 10 bytes of data. 21 By 2025, almost 200 zettabytes of data. In 2018, more than 1 exabyte, of new data daily. In 2020, over 4.8 billion internet users. In 2020, over 44 zettabytes of data. By 2025, over 75 billion IoT Devices. By 2025, over 463 exabytes of data created each day. https://cybersecurityventures.com/the-world-will-store-200-zettabytes-of-data-by-2025/
- 31. Disaster recovery is a very broad topic, but is essentially a plan for how your organization will deal with a disaster. Your goal is to keep your business running and to minimize down-time and loss. https://www.ready.gov/business/emergency-plans/recovery-plan
- 32. RPO Recovery Point Objective How Much Data Can You Lose? RTO Recovery Time Objective How Fast Can You Recover? https://www.rubrik.com/insights/rto-rpo-whats-the-difference
- 34. Human Error
- 36. Software Failure Hardware Failure Human Error
- 37. Bad Configurations Software Failure Hardware Failure Human Error
- 38. Cyber Incidents Bad Configurations Software Failure Hardware Failure Human Error https://www.cobalt.io/blog/cybersecurity-statistics-2024
- 39. Natural Disaster Cyber Incidents Bad Configurations Software Failure Hardware Failure Human Error
- 40. We should backup anything that we DON'T WANT TO LOSE!
- 42. Full (all data) Differential (since last Full) Incremental / Transactional (since last backup) https://www.unitrends.com/blog/types-of-backup-full-incremental-differential
- 43. Full (all data) Differential (since last Full) Incremental / Transactional (since last backup) Snapshot (moment-in-time backup of a system) https://www.unitrends.com/blog/types-of-backup-full-incremental-differential
- 44. Full (all data) Differential (since last Full) Incremental / Transactional (since last backup) Mirror (immediate copy of a running system) Snapshot (moment-in-time backup of a system) https://www.unitrends.com/blog/types-of-backup-full-incremental-differential
- 45. Important data should be backed up weekly. Data that doesn't change often should maybe be backed up at least monthly. Transactional data may need to be backed up every few minutes or sooner.
- 46. Important data should be backed up weekly. Data that doesn't change often should maybe be backed up at least monthly. Transactional data may need to be backed up every few minutes or sooner. It all depends on how much data you can lose and how fast you need it back.
- 47. Backups should be stored securely. If you use encryption, make sure to also backup the keys used to encrypt your data. And make sure to also store those keys offsite.
- 48. How long should you keep your backups? https://www.intradyn.com/data-retention-policy/
- 49. How long should you keep your backups? It's much more difficult to steal data that you've already deleted. https://www.intradyn.com/data-retention-policy/
- 50. I backup all the time. I keep them safe. I don't need to worry.
- 52. Only 10% of IT Users Perform Daily Backups About 15% Backup Weekly Around 33% Backup Monthly https://dl.acronis.com/u/rc/Acronis-Cyber-Protection-Week-Global-Report-2022.pdf
- 53. Only 10% of IT Users Perform Daily Backups About 15% Backup Weekly Around 33% Backup Monthly 41% Rarely or Never Backup https://dl.acronis.com/u/rc/Acronis-Cyber-Protection-Week-Global-Report-2022.pdf
- 54. Only 10% of IT Users Perform Daily Backups About 15% Backup Weekly Around 33% Backup Monthly 41% Rarely or Never Backup Over the past year (in 2022), about 76% of companies suffered downtime due to data issues. https://dl.acronis.com/u/rc/Acronis-Cyber-Protection-Week-Global-Report-2022.pdf
- 55. Only 10% of IT Users Perform Daily Backups About 15% Backup Weekly Around 33% Backup Monthly 41% Rarely or Never Backup 72% Of All Users Had to Recover Data Over the past year (in 2022), about 76% of companies suffered downtime due to data issues. https://dl.acronis.com/u/rc/Acronis-Cyber-Protection-Week-Global-Report-2022.pdf
- 56. Backups Fail 43% Of The Time Restores Fail 39% Of The Time Full Recovery Only Happens About 25% Of The Time https://invenioit.com/continuity/know-statistics-on-data-loss-backup/
- 57. The entire purpose of a backup is to be able to return to normal operations as quickly and thoroughly as possible.
- 58. The entire purpose of a backup is to be able to return to normal operations as quickly and thoroughly as possible. Don't forget about the other side of backups: restoration.
- 59. A Restore is moving the Backup copy back into its original, or new, location to return to normal operations.
- 60. A Restore is moving the Backup copy back into its original, or new, location to return to normal operations. Don't forget that Restores fail 39% of the time.
- 62. Be Familiar With Your Process https://technologyadvice.com/blog/information-technology/how-to-test-database-backup/
- 63. Make Sure You Have The Resources Be Familiar With Your Process https://technologyadvice.com/blog/information-technology/how-to-test-database-backup/
- 64. Do Your Best To Prevent Another Outage Make Sure You Have The Resources Be Familiar With Your Process https://technologyadvice.com/blog/information-technology/how-to-test-database-backup/
- 65. Do Your Best To Prevent Another Outage Figure Out How Long It Takes Make Sure You Have The Resources Be Familiar With Your Process https://technologyadvice.com/blog/information-technology/how-to-test-database-backup/
- 66. Do Your Best To Prevent Another Outage Verify Your Data Is Restored Figure Out How Long It Takes Make Sure You Have The Resources Be Familiar With Your Process https://technologyadvice.com/blog/information-technology/how-to-test-database-backup/
- 67. Automate What You Can Do Your Best To Prevent Another Outage Verify Your Data Is Restored Figure Out How Long It Takes Make Sure You Have The Resources Be Familiar With Your Process https://technologyadvice.com/blog/information-technology/how-to-test-database-backup/
- 68. Documentation Is Your Friend Automate What You Can Do Your Best To Prevent Another Outage Verify Your Data Is Restored Figure Out How Long It Takes Make Sure You Have The Resources Be Familiar With Your Process https://technologyadvice.com/blog/information-technology/how-to-test-database-backup/
- 69. Documentation Is Your Friend Automate What You Can Do Your Best To Prevent Another Outage Verify Your Data Is Restored Figure Out How Long It Takes Make Sure You Have The Resources Be Familiar With Your Process https://technologyadvice.com/blog/information-technology/how-to-test-database-backup/ Practice Makes Perfect
- 71. Thank You.