Data protection emphasizes its critical role in business operations and the importance of securing data. It covers various aspects such as the significance of backup, the threats to data, and the scope of backup strategies including file/directory backup, image backup, and shadowing. It also delves into full versus incremental backups, backup technologies, and media, including RAID configurations. The chapter further explores data storage policies, database security, data loss prevention, and the nuances of data destruction, highlighting the need for comprehensive strategies to safeguard data against loss, theft, and unauthorized access.
Data protection emphasizes its critical role in business operations and the importance of securing data. It covers various aspects such as the significance of backup, the threats to data, and the scope of backup strategies including file/directory backup, image backup, and shadowing. It also delves into full versus incremental backups, backup technologies, and media, including RAID configurations. The chapter further explores data storage policies, database security, data loss prevention, and the nuances of data destruction, highlighting the need for comprehensive strategies to safeguard data against loss, theft, and unauthorized access.