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Section Two From Quantum’s 2012 Data Protection Survey

July 2012

DATA PROTECTION SURVEY:

DATA VULNERABILITY

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1 - Not at all vulnerable

2

3 - Somewhat vulner-able

4

5 - Extremely vulner-able

9%

22%

41%

16%

11%

Vulnerability of Data in the Event of Disaster

Q4 - How vulnerable is your organization’s data in the event of a disaster? N=500

  TotalBusiness Size

100-250 employees 250-1000 employees 1000+ employees

         Base: Total Answering 500 122 123 255  100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%Not at all vulnerable 9.0% 7.4% 11.4% 8.6%2 22.4% 23.8% 23.6% 21.2%3 Somewhat vulnerable 41.4% 39.3% 43.1% 41.6%4 16.0% 15.6% 13.8% 17.3%Extremely vulnerable 11.2% 13.9% 8.1% 11.4%TOTAL SCORE (3+) 68.8% 65% 70%

Only 1 in 10 rated their organization as ‘not vulnerable’ in the event of a disaster. 90% think their organizations are vulnerable to some degree.Quantum’s 2010 survey showed that 87% felt some level of vulnerability.

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Yes; 27%

No; 72%

Data Security Incidents in the Past 12 Months

Q5 - Has your organization been affected by a data security incident in the past year (natural or manmade)? N=500

Other

Break-in

Natural Disaster

Firmware corruption

Accidental deletion

Hacking/electronic breach

Devices lost or stolen

Hardware corruption

Operating system failure

Virus attack

6%

13%

21%

16%

28%

19%

20%

40%

27%

43%

1%

13%

15%

20%

26%

27%

29%

30%

48%

50%

2012 Results2010 Results

Q6 - Which of the following data security issues affected your organization in 2011? N=133

1 in 4 organizations were affected by a data security incident in 2011. Virus attacks were most common, showing the need to have a robust backup process in place as viruses can permeate multiple data copies.

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Possible legal implications

Public relations implications and potential damage to corporate brand

Experience penalties or compliance fines

Miss service level agreements with customers/users

Significant impact on resources to recreate data where possible

Loss of revenue or business

Significant delay or stop day-to-day business activities for a period of time

35%

39%

39%

50%

63%

65%

66%

The Business Effect of Data Restore Problems

Q3 - How would your business be affected if you weren’t able to restore your archive or disaster recovery data? N=500

Data restore problems mean lost revenue, delayed business activity and an impact on resources. All of which directly affects a company’s financial outlay.

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Less often than monthly

Monthly

Every 2 – 3 weeks

Weekly

Several times a week

Daily

Several times a day

1%

3%

2%

10%

17%

48%

20%

  TotalBusiness Size

100-250 employees 250-1000 employees 1000+ employees

         Base: Total Answering 500 122 123 255  100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%Several times a day 20.2% 14.8% 15.4% 25.1%Daily 48.0% 51.6% 53.7% 43.5%Several times a week 16.6% 18.0% 18.7% 14.9%Weekly 10.2% 11.5% 10.6% 9.4%Every 2 – 3 weeks 1.8% 0.8% 0.8% 2.7%Monthly 2.6% 3.3% 0.8% 3.1%Less often than monthly 0.6%    1.2%

Q1 - How often does your organization back up data for disaster recovery purposes? N=500

Frequency of Backup for DR Purposes

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Overview

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•Online Survey conducted using a panel of IT decision makers

•Quantitative survey fielded by a 3rd party

•Sample size of 500

•Sample includes North America (375), EMEA (75) and APAC (50)

•Survey conducted during February 2012

•Respondents pre-screened to ensure they are involved with the data storage function at their organization

•Business below 100 employees were excluded from the survey

Please note: these slides are part of a larger data protection survey. For more information, please contact Quantum’s PR department.