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What is data Resiliency and Data Protection! Which should you choose?

Data Resiliency OR Data Protection! Which should you choose? Enterprises need both to manage and safeguard their business data.

Data resiliency and data protection are terms that bear a close resemblance and can be easily be confused. While both seemingly achieve the same goal – they serve customers very differently.

What is Data Resiliency?

Resiliency refers to data’s ability to “spring back” in situations where it is compromised. It ensures that lost data is recovered as quickly as possible so operations don’t stop due to the unavailability of the data. Data Resiliency can take several forms – like snapshots, replicated or mirrored data copies, etc. Features like the Recycle Bin or Recoverable Items that Microsoft offers in Microsoft 365 are also ways of achieving data resiliency.

What is Data Protection?

Data protection is a process that focuses on safeguarding data from corruption, compromise, or loss. It typically relies on a data backup whose primary focus is to ensure that the backed-up data always stay safe. The backed-up data is usually stored in an immutable form and is separated from the primary copy – so any negative impact on the primary data won’t contaminate the backed-up data. Data protection is critical to satisfying regulatory compliance like Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA, or the GDPR.