Disaster Recovery vs Operational Resilience: Protecting Your Data

Summary: The video discusses the critical aspects of disaster recovery and operational resilience in protecting data against both natural disasters like tornadoes and floods, as well as cyber threats from black hat hackers. It emphasizes that while traditional disaster recovery focuses on physical events, operational resilience must address the growing threat of sophisticated cyber attacks.

Keypoints:

• The video covers two pillars for data protection: disaster recovery and operational resilience.
• Disaster recovery focuses on natural disasters (tornadoes, floods, etc.) that can affect a data center locally.
• Operational resilience incorporates defenses against cyber threats from black hat hackers, who can operate globally.
• Black hat hackers can infiltrate systems for extended periods before launching attacks, complicating recovery efforts.
• Ransomware attacks can destroy data or demand payment, highlighting the need for rigorous security measures.
• Backups may be compromised by hackers, unlike recovery from traditional disasters where backups remain intact.
• Recovery objectives include RPO (Recovery Point Objective) and RTO (Recovery Time Objective) for both types of incidents.
• Operational resilience demands immutable backups to prevent hackers from altering recovery points.
• Natural disasters like floods generally allow for quicker recovery, whereas cyber events can take much longer depending on preparedness.
• The likelihood of experiencing a cyber attack is significantly higher than facing a natural disaster.
• Organizations must extend traditional disaster recovery plans to encompass operational resilience strategies against cyber threats.