| utilization of computers, the consequences of losing | | | | external concerns who own a share in the lost data. |
| data may be very grave. | | | | For example, in any commercial environment, the |
| Loss of data can occur as a consequence of the | | | | cost of data loss may run into millions of dollars per |
| following events: | | | | hour. Data recovery time depends on the capacity of |
| - Human being errors including: | | | | the hardware and it may well take time to retrieve |
| 1. Accidental reformatting of a hard drive | | | | lost data. |
| 2. Intentional deletion of crucial data | | | | In addition, recovering lost data can be very |
| 3. Unintentional deletion of vital data | | | | expensive, this depends on the amount of harm |
| - Hard disk and storage drive failures including: | | | | done to the disk or hard drive in question. |
| 1. RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) | | | | It is important to stress that the highest source of |
| crash | | | | data loss can be attributed to errors caused by |
| 2. NAS (Network-attached storage) Crash | | | | humans, as a result the liability is on us to prevent |
| 3. Server|Computer server} failure | | | | the loss of our valuable data as much as possible. |
| - Natural causes and physical damages | | | | These easy but important steps should be taken to |
| - Application software failure and Filesystem | | | | avoid loss of data: |
| corruption | | | | -Regular backup of data - on site or off site. |
| - Malicious intrusion and virus attacks | | | | -Setting up and regular update of antivirus protection. |
| The unquestionable fact is that current technology | | | | -Uninterrupted update of PC systems as well as |
| offer high-level data recovery applications at all levels. | | | | servers to utilize latest security fixes. |
| It doesn't matter the kind of media concerned, the | | | | -Installation and effective improvement of firewalls to |
| brand of PC system, the operating system platform | | | | put off invasion and malicious attacks. |
| or the capacity of the PC server, in many cases, | | | | -Setting up of DLP (Data Loss Prevention) systems |
| data is recoverable. | | | | to monitor and protect data usage by organizations. |
| However, the consequences of information loss can | | | | -Setting up of proper mechanisms to protect against |
| every so often be immense, when you take into | | | | power failure and power surge. |
| account the consequences of not having the | | | | It is usually impractical to completely avoid the loss of |
| information anymore, the time you require to | | | | data. However, in as much as everybody or entity |
| recreate or recover the data and the damaging | | | | using a computer to process and store up vital data |
| impression it will have on relations, colleagues, a whole | | | | is at risk of losing it, taking adequate precautions to |
| management information system, establishment or | | | | decrease the chance is always a wise choice. |