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Mitchell ... ‘data privacy has become a genuine concern’.

Is 2015 the year of a data dystopia?

DUBAI, April 13, 2015

Brian Mitchell

The recent news headlines about cyber attacks and data breaches can’t help but feel a bit to dystopic for comfort. The start of the year has prompted the question: Could our data be headed towards a dystopian future?

Over the last two years alone, it’s become increasingly evident that the world runs on data, noted Brian Mitchell, senior product marketing manager at CommVault, a leader in data and information management software.

Indeed the publicity of the Sony and iCloud hacks and Government data breaches have had such a wide reaching effect that data privacy and security has become a genuine concern, said Mitchell.

“This concern is not limited to those with technical knowledge, but is spread across all types of users, for all consumers, in both a personal and commercial capability, on both PC’s and mobile devices. Not only are consumers becoming more aware of the value of their data, but they are also becoming more demanding of security,” he explained.

According to Mitchell, consumers are not the only ones asking these questions either. Increasingly, it is enterprise IT teams and business leaders who are also asking the tough questions. These include:

•    What’s the best way to encrypt in-flight or at-rest data?

•    Will policy-based automation help match storage costs to service levels?

•    Can I free up existing datacentre space by migrating legacy data to the cloud?

•    What can I do to store, classify, and search data for audits or legal holds?

•    Do disaster recovery plans align with recovery objectives of applications?

As customers become increasingly knowledgeable and cyber-attacks continue to fill the newsreels, it is down to service providers to prove they have the knowledge for the job.

“Regardless of whether data resides on premise, in the cloud, or on mobile devices, no organization should rest easy,” Mitchell concluded. – TradeArabia News Service




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