Disasters & How LTO Technology Can Save the Day

Disaster can strike at any time in the broadcast industry. In addition to affecting the bottom line, suffering a massive loss of all projects can be impossible to recover from. Data archives and backup technology are critically important in the industry’s workflow, but it is even more important when disasters occur.

According to the Privacy Rights Clearing House, tens of millions of records are breached each year. It is necessary for organizations to proactively develop a plan to protect their digital assets before a disaster.

Six areas that the LTO Program believes are necessary for better data security include:

• Data inventory

• Staff training

• Disaster preparation

• Offline data

• Out-of-region data

• Recovery planning.

LTO technology addresses many of these, by securely archiving old data that needs to be retained, creating a virtual data lock through encryption that helps prevent information from being read and providing organizations with a cost-effective solution for duplicate and out-of-region storage.

With LTO tape, it is easy to securely encrypt and archive cold data. LTO technology’s data encryption creates a virtual data lock that helps prevent information from being read. Additionally, tape provides an inexpensive storage media that can be removed from an online system and provide an air-gap between valuable data and hackers. This also applies to keeping out-of-region data copies as part of disaster recovery planning and requirements.

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 Broadcast storage needs.