LTO Tape and Security
The value of data is increasing, but so is the cost of protecting this data.
Data stored online is susceptible to compromise and vulnerable to corruption
threats. It can be accidental, such as a natural disaster destroying a data center, a
system error corrupting a file, someone errantly erasing a folder or a RAID backing
up corrupted data.
Increasingly, data is compromised by more nefarious methods. Viruses can corrupt
a file, hackers can steal trade secrets or an employee can sabotage a company’s
most critical data.
In fact, three out of every four businesses have experienced a data disaster of major
business disruptions that exposed them to potential damages. Almost daily we hear
of data being compromised that can have serious negative consequences for those
entrusted to protect that data.
One bank lost their backup tapes with sensitive data from more than 12 million
customers. A software error corrupted records on both the primary and replicated
disk for a major email provider. A virus infected a university computer, exposing the
personal information of students.
That’s where LTO tape can save the day. Tape provides offline protection, isolating
the data from software bugs that can occur during continuous disk-to-disk backup.
Encryption. LTO technology offers hardware-based data encryption (LTO-4 drives
and newer), which provides powerful tape-level algorithm that doesn’t affect
compression, performance and capacity.
WORM. LTO technology also provides for a write-once, read many option (LTO-3
tapes and newer) that stores data in a non-rewritable format. This further protects
data from being errantly overwritten and also helps to address compliance regulations.
Don’t let your most important data go unprotected. LTO technology provides some
of the best options available to ensure that your data is there when you need it.

Key Facts:
- Easily stored off-line to protect against on-line
corruption
- Easily stored off-site incase of a disaster recovery
situation
- Hardware based data encryption for added security
- WORM cartridges to address compliance regulations
Contact your BackupWorks.com Account Rep Today at 866
801 2944 and ask about LTO-7 Tape Libraries, Tape Drives and Tape Media for your
Data Storage needs.