Challenges of Legal Data Protection
Law firms and legal organizations amass considerable volumes of data as a function of performing case and client research. Additionally, the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) legislation enacted in 2002 provides regulations for retention and accessibility of archived data in financial, government and healthcare organizations. In order for law firms to continue to serve the needs of these industries, they too must also meet regulations to protect the security of client data.
Law firms have traditionally relied on tape backup to protect their IT infrastructure and client and research data. However, tape backup presents serious vulnerability risks and compounds the challenge of achieving regulatory compliance.
- Tape backup is time-consuming and costly to administer, negatively impacting productivity and business profitability
- Backup tapes are physically vulnerable to damage or theft, whether stored onsite, offsite at a tape library or in transit
- Most importantly, tape backup is unreliable, with recovery failure rates as high as 20% to 50%
With the inherent problems associated with tape-based backup retrieval, corrupted data, and the expense of archiving this outdated storage format, tape backup simply cannot meet the needs of legal organizations in today’s information-driven business world.
CRC DataProtection offers a streamlined online backup solution that addresses the challenges of protecting legal data while improving performance and reducing costs. Specifically, CRC’s Enterprise Data Backup & Recovery works by giving you one-touch control of backup & recovery tasks. Instead of having to install and run backup software on every machine you wish to protect, administrators have the ability to manage the process remotely and protect entire networks from a single machine. With CRC DataProtection, you can protect:
- Desktops
- Laptops
- Application & File Servers
- Mail Servers
- Databases
..and more. CRC uses a network-optimized process to store data in a secure, disaster-hardened facility offsite utilizing redundant hardware architecture for maximum protection.
Features of CRC DataProtection include:
- Continuous Data Protection – You can minimize Recovery Point Objectives to make recent backups and preserve continuity of your business operations
- Database Hot Backup – Protect your systems without taking them offline and negatively impacting your business
- Data Encryption – CRC’s online backup utilizes AES encryption to ensure that data cannot be intercepted in flight or at rest
- Backup Lifecycle Management – Inactive or archive data can be moved to more economical storage, to reduce backup costs
- Message-Level Restore – CRC DataProtection allows you restore control as specific as a single email message
- Bare Metal Restore – Following a server disaster, you can maintain continuity with complete restoration of your most recent system configuration & data
These and many additional benefits allow CRC to deliver enterprise-class, scalable and redundant protection of critical data. If your legal organization is currently relying on an outdated tape backup system, your disaster recovery and business continuity is at risk to be compromised.
If you are interested in rock-solid server protection to insure your business against disaster, contact us today. Evaluate our service, and we’ll show you just how easy it is to guarantee that your most valuable business asset - information - is always available, no matter what.
