Schrödinger's backup: not actually recovered until you try to restore IT
SPONSORED FEATURE: Verify and survive: your backup isn't real 'til you test it
Schrödinger's Cat, a quantum physics thought experiment, explores the idea that a cat can be both alive and dead simultaneously. In today's cybersecurity landscape, routine backups can appear complete, but they are not truly safe until they are verified and ready for recovery during a cyber disaster. A backup may be logged as complete once data is copied to storage, but a workload that can be restored is different.
If businesses go down, their workloads need to be restored to their state at the time of the attack without any losses. Many organizations recognize that their backups may not be 100% reliable, with only 15% being very confident in their recovery capabilities. Verification is the process of confirming that a backup job will hold up in a disaster, ensuring data completeness, uncorruption, and full restorability.
Manual verification methods are inefficient and prone to human error, while AI-powered screenshot verification can provide 99.9% accuracy and reduce false positives. This technology is becoming increasingly important for IT managers and MSPs to meet regulatory requirements and make the most of their resources.
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