Businesses Manage 9.7PB of Data but Struggle to Protect It

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Businesses Manage 9.7PB of Data but Struggle to Protect It
March 21, 2019
https://www.darkreading.com/analyti...ata-but-struggle-to-protect-it/d/d-id/1334225

Organizations managed an average of 9.7 petabytes of data in 2018, a 569% spike compared with the 1.45 petabytes they handled in 2016. Most see the value of data, and more are monetizing it, yet very few are confident in their existing tools' ability to properly protect information.

This insight comes from Dell EMC's third "Global Data Protection Index," its most recent since 2016. Researchers polled 2,200 IT decision makers from public and private organizations across 18 countries and industries to learn about the state and maturity of data protection strategies.

The downside of organizations placing greater value on data is cybercriminals recognize it, says Alex Almeida, consultant and product marketing lead with Dell EMC. "That also increases the risk because bad actors realize how much that data is valued to those businesses, and they try to exploit it," he adds.
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New Dell EMC Research: Most Businesses Worldwide Now Recognize Value of Data Yet Struggle with Adequate Data Protection

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