What is Cloud Backup?

Cloud backup is crucial for protecting sensitive data stored in remote data centers. These centers are vulnerable to natural disasters and cybercriminals, potentially exposing critical customer information. With the rise of cloud-based solutions like Microsoft® 365 and SalesForce®, organizations must implement robust backup strategies to safeguard data from loss, ensuring business continuity and regulatory compliance.

What is the "cloud"?

The “cloud” is a term used to describe the delivery of computing resources, such as storage and applications, over the internet. The cloud is made up of many servers located in different parts of the world, owned and managed by cloud providers, who offer their services. For example, Amazon Web Services® (AWS), Microsoft® Azure®, Google® Cloud and many more. Cloud is typically used for storing data that doesn't need to be kept confidential.

• Private cloud storage:: This type of cloud storage is used by organizations that want to store data in a secure environment where data can only be accessed by authorized users. Private cloud storage is offered by cloud providers such as Rackspace® and IBM® Bluemix™.
• Hybrid cloud storage: This type of cloud storage combines public and private clouds. It allows companies to store sensitive data in a private cloud while using the public cloud for less sensitive data.

 

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What is cloud backup?

Cloud backup—sometimes referred to as online backup or remote backup—is the process of backing up data to cloud-based servers. When you back up your data to the cloud, you're storing a copy of that data on one or more remote servers, which are owned and managed by a third-party cloud service provider. Typically, cloud service providers charge fees based on things like the amount of storage space or servers required, available server bandwidth, and the number of users who access these servers.

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What is cloud SaaS backup?

SaaS backup is a cloud workload protection service that creates and stores copies of data generated in cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications. SaaS data backup and recovery involves duplicating and storing data from cloud-based software applications in a separate location. Its primary purpose is to protect against data loss and enable quick recovery in case of accidental deletion, security incidents, or system failures.

How does cloud backup mitigate cyberattacks?

Cloud backup can help mitigate cyberattacks in two ways. First, cloud data backup and recovery can help you quickly restore your company's data if it's compromised because the cloud provider maintains multiple copies of your data on different servers. If one server is compromised, you can still access your data from another server.

Second, cloud backup can help you quickly recover your data in an instant, especially if your company is being targeted by ransomware. Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts your company's data and holds it hostage until you pay a ransom. With cloud backup, you can simply restore your company's data from the cloud and avoid paying the ransom.

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What are the benefits of cloud backup?

There are many benefits of cloud backup, including:

• Increased availability: By replicating your company's data on cloud-based servers, you're ensuring that a copy of that data is always available. For example, virtual machine (VM) backup in the cloud would provide critical VM availability and protection during unplanned downtime.
• Reduced costs: By using the cloud for backup, you're taking advantage of the cloud provider's hardware infrastructure, which can significantly reduce your company's IT costs.
• Greater scalability: The cloud is a scalable platform, which means you can add or remove resources as needed, making it an ideal solution for businesses that experience periodic spikes in demand.
• Enhanced security: The cloud is a secure platform and offers multiple layers of security protection, which are critical for businesses that store sensitive data.
• Improved disaster recovery: By using the cloud for disaster recovery, you can quickly and easily restore your company's data in the event of a disaster. In fact, a cloud backup can even help you prevent data loss.

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How can OpenText help with cloud backup and cloud SaaS backup?

Cloud backup is an essential component for any organization that stores sensitive data, whether in a physical data center or online. The solution you choose to back up your data will make the difference in how effective a data protection initiative is.

With OpenText™ Data Protector, you can can manage a comprehensive data backup across different cloud platforms..

Request a live demo of OpenText Data Protector to get started.

With OpenText™ CloudAlly™ customers obtain comprehensive high-availability SaaS data protection of Microsoft® 365, Exchange®, SharePoint®, OneDrive®, Teams®, Salesforce, Google Workspace™, Dropbox®, and Box®. Choose to back up on stringently secure and encrypted Amazon’s AWS S3® storage or your own storage (BYOS).

Customers stay compliant with audit-ready compliant backup that is ISO certified and HIPAA/GDPR compliant with OAuth, OpenID, MFA/2FA, and Okta support as well as a choice of nine data centers. Business continuity is ensured when data loss strikes with quick and easy snapshot recovery, smart granular recovery by keyword, and cross user/site restore. Choose to export data to your own storage in Zip format or directly to your own S3, Azure, Box or Dropbox storage.

Learn more about OpenText Data Protector and OpenText CloudAlly

Watch our cloud data backup and recovery webinar series.

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