March 31 is World Backup Day. Here’s How to Protect Your Data Now
Forbes interviewed NetSPI’s Field CISO, Nabil Hannan, for a March 31, 2026 article about World Backup Day and the importance of protecting data. Read the preview below or view it online.
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The Forbes article by Thomas Coughlin highlights the significance of World Backup Day, observed annually on March 31, as a reminder to safeguard data against loss and vulnerabilities. Additionally, the article discusses the growing demand for digital storage due to AI workloads, leading to shortages of HDDs and SSDs, and suggests alternatives like magnetic tape for scalable and cost-effective backups.
Nabil Hannan, Field CISO at NetSPI, underscores the heightened importance of reliable backups in the AI era. He explains that modern organizations face a complex mix of familiar risks in new combinations, making simple backups insufficient for achieving true business resilience. Hannan emphasizes the need to go beyond merely having backups by ensuring their trustworthiness and verifying that systems cannot be manipulated to cause failures. This proactive approach is essential to maintaining operational integrity and preventing cascading issues before security teams can respond.
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