Intelligent Fin.tech Issue 02 | Page 42

INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

sending backups to Microsoft Azure and immutable backups to isolated , hardened Linux repositories . The team also deployed Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to protect employees ’ collaborative data — not only for ransomware recovery but also to support compliance with Florida ’ s Public Records Act .
The Veeam solution
Veeam helps Sarasota guarantee city services are available to residents and employees nonstop . Veeam fortifies cybersecurity plans and ensures Business Continuity for the first time in city history .
Veeam also supports data integrity requirements and compliance with the Public Records Act .
Sarasota is a forward-thinking city regarding modern data protection . Sarasota aligned Veeam backup with cyberpreparedness to ensure swift and efficient response to ransomware attacks . The city ’ s IT team knows that people , process and technology are the triad for a solid cybersecurity strategy .
“ Veeam has changed our city for the better because backup has become a key component of our incident response strategy ,” Rodriguez said . “ We know of another city that didn ’ t have an incident response strategy and suffered a terrible ransomware attack . City services were down for 35 days , which was crippling . There ’ s great comfort knowing that if we experience any type of crisis , Veeam is our way forward .”
One way forward begins with the 3-2-1- 1-0 rule ( Three different copies of data on two different media with one copy offsite and one copy that is air-gapped , immutable or offline and zero backup
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