Considerations for Deploying Secure Backup

Your data is the lifeblood of your organization. To protect it, you need to address data security at every level. In many companies-yours may be one-backup data on secondary systems is at a much greater risk than primary data, which is protected by stringent data center policies and procedures. Security experts agree that encryption is a component of every best-practices strategy for data security. Iron Mountain, a world leader in data protection services, recommends that companies encrypt backup tapes containing personal information before handing them to couriers for transport.

Backup security has become an important issue for executives, not just the data center. The amount of data to be backed up, the burdens of data ownership, and the risks of not having a secure backup system in place grow steadily. This paper explores the different types of encryption solutions for backup security and makes the case for implementing these solutions now.