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1、AberdeenGroupRethinkingDataProtectionStrategiesAnExecutiveWhitePaperFebruary2002AberdeenGroup,Inc.OneBostonPlaceBoston,Massachusetts02108USATelephone:6177237890Fax:6177237897www.aberdeen.comRethinkingDataProtectionStrategiesPrefaceThesafetyofcriticalbu
2、sinessdataisanongoingconcernforresponsibleenter-prises.Theyarechallengedbymyriadthreatstothatdata:hackers,datacorrup-tion,poweroutages,naturaldisasters,andeventhemostunthinkable.Atthesametime,thedynamicsofdataarealsoworkingagainsttheenterprise:Internet
3、strategiesareopeningmoreaccesspointsandthereforeexposingmoredatatothesethreats;thevolumeofdataisrapidlymounting;anddataismorevitaltothebusiness.Asaresult,enterprisesarerecognizingthatcoreintellectualassetsarevulnerable,andeffectivedataprotectioniscriti
4、caltobusinesssuccess.Rationalenterprisesacknowledgethesetrendsandarerethinkingdataprotectionarchitecturesandbusinesscontinuanceplans.Awideselectionoftechnologies,services,andarchitecturalalternatives—eachprovidinguniquebenefits,buteachlimitedindataprot
5、ectioncapabilities—isbeingconsidered.ITecosystemsareunderanalysistoidentifytheweakestlinks,whereanyexposurescannullifyallotherprotectivemeasures.Securitypoliciesarecontinuallyupdated.Enterprisesarereviewingcontingencyplansandunderstandingtheireffective
6、ness.Technologiesandservicesexisttoprotectanenterprise’smission-criticaldata.Un-fortunately,thecostsofprotectionoftenrestricttheadoptionofconservativedatastrategies.Instead,enterprisesmustbepragmaticintheirplanning,understand-ingthelikelihoodofdatafaul
7、ts,theimplicationsofthoseeventsonthebusiness,aswellasthecostsofpreventivemeasures.Enterprisesmustcarefullymanagethesevariablestominimizeriskasifitwereastatisticalexercise.Outsourceddataprotectionserviceshaveproventobeapracticalalternative—whenproviders
8、of-fermoresecuresolutionsatlowercosts—tothoseprovidedinternally.InthisExecutiveWhitePaper,Aberdeenexaminesthefundamentalvariables—i.e.,securityandreliability—ofdataprotectionandoutlinesenterprisestrategies.Aberdeenalsoprovidesaframework
