What are Data Protection Services?
Data protection services in the field of information technology include a wide variety of different services such as identity theft protection,
encryption, and
data backup and restore. Data protection services such as backup and restore are either administered internally or delivered from a qualified backup service provider such as CRC.
Methods of data backup protection include tape backup,
optical media backup, remote
disk-to-disk backup and other forms. The most secure form of data protection is arguably remote disk-to-disk backup, since
recovery rates are generally much better for hard disk data compared to tape or other removable media. Additionally, data transferred via IP-WAN in an
encrypted fashion cannot be intercepted and is not physically vulnerable to fire, flood or other disasters.
The majority of professional organizations relying on information systems and computers for operations regularly invest in professional 3rd-party data protection services including
data backup and restore. This is both in order to minimize business disruption from
data loss events as well as to meet federal compliance regulations regarding access to electronic information. Data protection service providers such as CRC provide both
disaster recovery backup and restore as well as economical tiered storage for long-term
archival data.
