Every year there are new technologies that capture attention from network-based monitoring to artificial intelligence to increased threat detection for instance. Recently though, there's been another trend that has cropped up, that has nothing to do with deploying a technology designed at mitigating cybersecurity issues, and that is risk insurance. Increasingly organizations are buying blanket policies that cover their liabilities, but do these actually protect your business? Sure, they might cover the expenses due to a failure to comply with regulatory requirements, or address lawsuit exposure but they don't actually protect and, more importantly, recover your most critical asset: the data itself.
By leveraging the Dell EMC Data Protection portfolio, you can simplify your data landscape by achieving coverage across heterogeneous and multi-cloud environments using flexible solutions that include software, integrated appliances, and target appliances. Additionally, we help reduce the amount of storage required by achieving data reduction rates up to 55:1 in a scalable easy to manage solution that meets your growing businesses' needs. Finally, when events do occur, we can help you to mitigate the damage by providing up to a 10x faster recovery for mission-critical applications.
As I noted the idea of buying insurance to cover cyber incidents has become increasingly common and given the risks that are in this world, that course of action may be prudent. But it is time to take a critical look at the preparedness of the organization to address incidents more holistically. Data protection will be one of the most critical investment opportunities organizations have as they go digital. Organizations who make a corresponding investment won't merely be safeguarding their data but also extending its value over time. This is my bold prediction for 2019, and that is the foundation for the work we are doing.
Dell EMC has always been one of the most trusted names in data and in a world that runs on data capital we are increasingly looking at ways to help you protect this valuable asset.