Data Security, a Growing Concern among SME

© 2011 Apptivo Inc. All rights reserved. Data Security, a Growing Concern among SMEs “Be paranoid about data. You can buy new boxes, rebuild the systems, reinstall software etc. , but you cannot rebuild lost data” – Steve Burrows, IT director of Vanilla... More

© 2011 Apptivo Inc. All rights reserved. Data Security, a Growing Concern among SMEs “Be paranoid about data. You can buy new boxes, rebuild the systems, reinstall software etc. , but you cannot rebuild lost data” – Steve Burrows, IT director of Vanilla Group state in a column for Computer Weekly. Any small to medium enterprise that is not willing to invest in data backup is at risk of losing their data. Losing important information can be catastrophic for your business. Remember that data is the second important asset after the employees and it is the lifeline of any organization. It is a myth that SMEs do not generate the same amount of data as large companies; hence there is no need for data security. Keep in mind that whether your enterprise is small, medium or big, it needs the same kind of data security to ensure that all the important business data are recovered in time. A survey conducted by London Chamber of Commerce reports that the 90 percent of the enterprises that Less