An Insight to How Businesses can Handle “Data Apocalypse”

Data Apocalypse refers to the idea of data destruction caused due to an unexpected natural occurrence or unavoidable human blunders. Why Data Apocalypse is a big hype in present times? Well, thanks to our increasing reliance on technology. Data Apocalypse is a scenario that can affect all the minor and major industries.  

But what causes this Data Apocalypse to occur? And how can industries handle it? Let’s check it out! 

What causes Data Apocalypse to occur? 

Data Apocalypse is not the consequence of any one type of activity! There are four categories in total in which the causes of Data Apocalypse have been divided. Let’s try to get an idea of the categories in brief: 

1. Ignorance: Some businesses tend to ignore the value of data and its security. These are the organizations that would be the last one to invest in Data Governance. 

1. Arrogance: “I know more than the users and owners of this data!” -- This is the attitude that comes under the category ‘Arrogance’. A good business should always opt for confidence over arrogance. Always remember, there’s a very fine line between confidence and ignorance. 

1. Obsolescence: The idea of data never getting obsolete has been one of the major causes resulting in Data Apocalypse. Here the major fact which gets ignored is that Data and Technology become obsolete very fast, regardless of their authenticity! 
2. Power: The dominating attitude of businesses that enables them to prioritize data according to its importance just adds to the causes of Data Apocalypse. Usually, the least prioritized data become more prone to Data Apocalypses! 

How Businesses Will Handle ‘Data Apocalypse’? 

We know the causes of Data Apocalypse now. Let’s dive into the depth and understand how businesses will deal with ‘Data Apocalypse’ if they have to face one in the future? Pondering over the fact that what could be the way to handle Data during the Apocalypse, we came up with some of the obvious day-to-day technologies which could be our saviors if an apocalypse occurs. Here goes the list: 

• Introduction of cloud backup services: Do we keep backups of our data across multiple sites like Amazon S3 Glacier? Yes! So that in case if our onsite store is breached or corrupted, the data remains safe. The data here could include everything from user transaction records to a companies invoices! Isn’t it a preventive measure if we observe it on a narrow scale? It is. The astonishing fact that Drives for Backup were introduced by Google makes it obvious that it discovered a method to enable users to survive the Data Apocalypse. 

As compared to Drive, Cloud Storage offers much more secure and reliable features to help businesses prepare for the Apocalypse! GCS (Google Cloud Storage) offers data encryption along with storage, unlike Google Drive.  

In fact, Cloud Storage was specifically designed for developers and businesses to keep their sensitive data and information safe from getting breached during the Apocalypse.  

These were the two most popular inventions against Data Apocalypse. Apart from these two, Data Archiving too can be considered in the list. But the fact that it is primarily used for future reference of the important data, makes us count it out of the list.  

To Wrap Up 

In the current scenario, we’re moving towards being digital at an increased pace. The question is not about how will you face an apocalypse, whether you’re in the business or IT sector, but it is about are you well prepared for such instances? Many businesses are already safe and secured by utilizing both of the methods mentioned above. But the sad reality is the majority of others don’t know that they’ve to put these methods into implementation too -- which might result in worse if not done on time!