Data Management

Microsoft recommends third-party backup in its Services Agreement.

Microsoft 365 and associated applications running through the cloud, operate on a “shared responsibility” model.

Under this model, Microsoft are responsible only for their infrastructure and the delivery of the application and the accessibility of the application. However, users of Microsoft 365 and associated applications are SOLELY responsible for the data which is stored using the infrastructure made available by Microsoft.

To stress again, the integrity, security, and backup of the data you have/use/interrogate within your Microsoft 365 environment is completely your responsibility.

Microsoft has a default data retention policy that is limited and does not include a complete backup & Recovery strategy to protect your Data.

A common misconception is that one can use Onedrive as a form of backup. This is a dangerous misconception, as anything that happens within your local environment will be replicated into your Onedrive environment, unauthorised changes, deletions, and yip you guessed it, Ransomware encryption and other viruses will be replicated into the Onedrive environment thereby compromising all your data.

With an ever increasingly connected world, and our increased reliance on data, and the availability of that data, it’s imperative to have a comprehensive Cloud based backup and recovery strategy to combat todays and tomorrow’s threats to your data.

Our fully managed backup and recovery solution for Microsoft 365 data ensures data is protected, and recoverable from any incident, and to top it all off, with 24/7 365 in-country support.

Commvault are THE Gartner quadrant leading backup and DR software for the past 9 years. It has become the gold standard in data backup and recovery.

Ransomware has rapidly become the number 1 cyber threat to businesses globally. Ransomware is on the increase, and is a reality for all businesses, big and small.

How does one prepare themselves to mitigate this event? The thing about Ransomware, is that it isn’t about stopping it, it’s about mitigating its effects and most importantly recovering fast.

Many are working from home, and home digital security doesn’t equal office bound corporate security. With productivity high up on the agenda, theres been a massive increase in sophisticated attacks exploiting vulnerabilities. It’s never been more crucial than now, to shore up your security and ensure your data protection is on point and your recovery is fast.

Commvault uses intelligent data protection aimed explicitly against malware including ransomware. A Multi layered approach that includes storage locking, with controls up and down the backup and recovery stack, provides for a comprehensive solution to your data protection.

• Robust Security
  AAA best Practice – Authentication, Authorization and Audit Framework, controls managing who has access, what they have access to and monitoring events and activities for proper security.
• Air Gapped Copies
  A complimentary technique along with Data Isolation. Air Gapped backups only utilize communication when required and is severed when not needed
• Avoid Ransomware File Reinfections
  Ensuring a clean and secure recovery but erasing suspicious or unnecessary files from the backup data, or by creating an isolated recovery.
• Lock Cloud backup copies per your schedule
  Enable WORM/Object lock in the cloud so data cannot be deleted or changed for the duration of that lock period.
• Data Isolation
  Secondary and Tertiary backup targets are segmented and unreachable from the public environment.
• Immutable backups
  Immutability protects against changes from within the backup solution as well as external from the backup solution, guaranteeing the backup is unchanged and unmodified.
• Monitoring
  Event Monitoring alerts to any anomalous events or changes within your environment. Detect Ransomware activity with honeypots.
• Continuous Authentication
  Utilizing zero trust principles, your backups are continuously validated, ensuring data integrity and security.

Subscription based Commvault powered Backup as a service for all your backup requirements, from desktops/laptops, servers and VM’s, our Cloud backup as a service offering provides enterprise grade industry leading technology in various flexible cost-effective options.

Any information pertaining to your business operations is vital. Irrespective of whether it is client or sales records, financial information, databases, or email communication, you rely on this data to remain competitive. If you lose data due to a significant negative event, such as equipment theft, will your business survive?

• Simplified Administration
  Client Platform is accessed via web console to set parameters and manage backups.
• Managed Services
  Remote monitoring, managing, and administrating of data backups.
  Data is backed-up and protected without the cost or complexity of owning infrastructure or managing resources.
• Flexible Cost-Effective Options
  Either as a managed service or client managed service, with various retention policies to fit your legal requirements.
• Automated Alerts
  Automated success and failure notifications, ensure you are always informed and up to date with the status of your backups.
• 24/7 Accessibility
  Access your backups from anywhere in the world at any time