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World Backup Day at 15: Why “having backups” still isn’t enough

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World Backup Day at 15: Why “having backups” still isn’t enough Modern data lives everywhere, threats are routine, and untested backups create false confidence Key takeaways - Backups fail most often at restore time. If you haven’t tested restores, you don’t actually know whether your business can recover. - Critical data now lives beyond traditional backup scope. Multiple complex environments can...
The narrative around World Backup Day presents a strong case for the evolving challenges of data protection, grounded in observable shifts in technology and threat landscapes. It rightly highlights the gap between having backups and having *reliable* backups, emphasizing the critical role of restore testing—a point often overlooked in favor of mere backup creation. The piece also effectively frames the expansion of critical data beyond traditional servers to SaaS, cloud identity, and operational...