MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDERS: DATA STORAGE – CRITICAL ASPECT OF YOUR BUSINESS
Offsite data storage is one of the most important products that managed service providers have been able to bring to business owners.
With state of the art encryption, multiple data centers, current compliance and compatibility across the board, managed service providers have made world class offsite data storage accessible to anyone. What fire, floods, earthquakes, natural and man-made disasters can do to a business’s physical security and location, they are equally capable of doing to the data that is vital to making business work today.
The good news is that offsite data storage is affordable insurance against those things that make anyone who holds responsibility for the security of digital assets, lose sleep at night. Managed service providers (MSP’s) have built incredible state of the art buildings that house super secure infrastructure for protecting all kinds of data. The most reassuring feature of the offsite data storage facilities that are now available is the fact that data is housed in more than one secure location.
Just as government agencies protect the security of the information that they hold, managed service providers have set up their facilities thousands of miles apart. In the event of a catastrophic loss at one location, the other remains intact. This alone is an incredible security feature that enables businesses to operate with the certain knowledge that the data that has been amassed over the years will not be compromised.
Recent breaches of security at companies holding extensive amounts of personal and financial data have brought the need for better protective measures to be applied to the forefront. Many consumers are reluctant to release their vital statistics, health records, and financial information to anyone who plans to utilize computers for maintaining those records. Employing the technology that managed services have to offer can reassure even the most recalcitrant customer. Imagine having the ability to explain that military grade security measures are in place to protect the data that you need to effectively manage client records. Managed service providers have access to some of the best protective encryption available, including Blowfish’s 448-bit data encryption. In addition to this, no one at the managed services locations has the ability to compromise the data that is housed there. When data is transmitted, the encryption password is only accessible to the originating source – there is no way for any unauthorized access to take place.
The ability to utilize offsite data storage offered through a managed service provider is an incredible asset to anyone who relies on computers. While it is obvious that companies dealing in huge amounts of data would be imprudent in failing to use offsite data storage, the same applies to everyone who needs to keep anything other than temporary files. Artists, photographers, writers, teachers and entertainers have all come to rely on digital media to produce and manage their work. Any business can benefit from offsite data storage. Using a managed service provider to ensure that digital wealth is kept secure is one of the best steps anyone can take.
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