Imagine this: you own a large company and, due to a sudden power outage, the server that stores all your company’s data burns out.

So what do you do?

Data loss is one of the main concerns — if not the main concern — for most companies. Situations such as power outages or technical system failures can cause major headaches, since important business information such as plans and budgets can be lost — and worse, without a recovery plan.
In other words, any event that compromises access to valuable or sensitive information stored on a computer, database, or device is considered data loss.

In most cases, data loss is caused by human error. According to data released by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), 90% of cyber data breaches were caused by mistakes made by end users.

Although these statistics refer to cyber data breaches, they highlight how important data recovery truly is — because everyone is subject to human error.