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To stay up-to-date in the battle against hackers, some companies are turning to a 1950s technology: while storing data on tape seems impossibly inconvenient in an age of easy-access cloud computing, hackers have no way to get at the information. The federal government, financial-services firms, health insurers and other regulated industries still keep tape as a backup to digital records.
Rob Pritchard, founder of the Cyber Security Expert consulting firm and associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute think tank, has noticed the steady resurgence of tape as part of best-practice backup strategies. “Companies of all sizes must be able to restore data quickly if needed,” he says, “but also have a robust, slower-time, recovery mechanism should the worst happen.” Pritchard, who works with a range of organizations to improve corporate cybersecurity practices, says: “A good backup strategy will have multiple layers. Cloud and online services have their place, but can be compromised.”
Rob Pritchard, founder of the Cyber Security Expert consulting firm and associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute think tank, has noticed the steady resurgence of tape as part of best-practice backup strategies. “Companies of all sizes must be able to restore data quickly if needed,” he says, “but also have a robust, slower-time, recovery mechanism should the worst happen.” Pritchard, who works with a range of organizations to improve corporate cybersecurity practices, says: “A good backup strategy will have multiple layers. Cloud and online services have their place, but can be compromised.”