This World Backup Day, businesses have some work to do on the data protection front.

After evaluating the results of a survey of 710 internet users, CloudBerry Lab, a provider of file management and cloud backup services for small and midsized businesses, gave enterprises a “C” grade for their data backup practices. According to the company, businesses are falling short on some critical fronts.

In email remarks sent to InfoStor, Alexander Negrash, director of marketing at CloudBerry Lab, noted that “only 24 percent of companies have 3 or more copies” of their data. “Most of the companies don’t follow the best practices ‘3-2-1 backup’ rule. A 3-2-1 strategy means having at least three total copies of your data, two of which are local but on different mediums, and at least one copy offsite.”

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http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/storage-management/enterprises-earn-a-c-grade-in-backup.html