White Paper

Advancing Data Protection Maturity

Advancing Data Protection Maturity

Pages 8 Pages

This IDC whitepaper describes the Data Resilience Maturity Model and the gap between basic backup operations and fully resilient, SLA-driven organizations. It highlights challenges of tool sprawl, hybrid/multi-cloud complexity, SaaS responsibility gaps, and cyberthreats. The report recommends unified platforms, orchestration, automation, consistent policies, and proactive cyber-recovery integration. It emphasizes aligning IT and business stakeholders, improving reliability, and designing for restore—positioning mature data protection as a competitive advantage.

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