{"id":6104,"date":"2024-12-20T07:26:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T07:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gitprotect.io\/blog\/?p=6104"},"modified":"2025-01-31T08:28:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T08:28:59","slug":"data-protection-and-backup-predictions-for-2025-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gitprotect.io\/blog\/data-protection-and-backup-predictions-for-2025-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Protection And Backup Predictions For 2025 and beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No matter how businesses look at it, the importance of data protection and backup in IT strategies will grow in upcoming years. These aspects have become vital to every business venture and are driven by increasing cyber threats<\/a> and stringent regulatory requirements.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Gartner’s predictions<\/a>, around 75% of enterprises will rely more on SaaS (Software-as-a-service) application backups. By 2028, they are expected to be a critical requirement for business ventures. Interestingly, Gartner points out that in 2024, companies’ percentage was only 15%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Data security in SaaS applications<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Recently, SaaS-based apps have supported businesses in enhanced deployments. The data generated and processed by the described applications is expected to be part of the fastest-growing business information sets by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, based on Gartner’s forecast, global spending on SaaS products was set to increase by 20%<\/strong> and reach $247.2 billion<\/strong>. Such an upward trend will likely continue, and companies will spend around $300 billion<\/strong> worldwide in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It derives from a well-known fact. Robust backup and recovery procedures<\/a> are vital for safeguarding critical enterprise data, given the potential for IT failures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As companies rely more on SaaS technologies, the need to protect data and make it recoverable is unavoidable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“As product leaders, our mission is to ensure that backup solutions go beyond recovery\u2014they become an integral part of a business’s resilience strategy, enabling organizations to grow with confidence in an increasingly data-driven world.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ostap Zaishlyi<\/strong>, Chief Product Officer, ActivityTimeline<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In fact, it’s indispensable when you consider cyber attacks, potential human error(s), and vendor mishaps to which the SaaS data is vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That, in turn, leads to higher adoption of BaaS (Backup-as-a-Service) solutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BaaS as a part of data protection<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BaaS capabilities became essential for protecting information (against any data breach or security gaps) within cloud workloads and maintaining operational continuity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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75% of large enterprises will adopt BaaS alongside on-premises tools by 2028.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Gartner.com<\/u><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n


That also means that in 2025, businesses will be forced to pay more attention to the Shared Responsibility Model<\/strong>‘s specifics. Maintaining and keeping datasets safe (any security breach) requires companies to evaluate their data protection measures, including various service vendors in that field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Customer is responsible for implementing and maintaining privacy protections and security measures for components that the Customer provides and controls. And that\u2019s what you call a crucial reason for backup vendor diversification.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Excerpt from GitLab\u2019s subscription agreement<\/u><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It is estimated that 60% of companies incorrectly assume<\/strong> that their SaaS providers are solely responsible for data protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s one of the reasons why third-party software (like GitProtect.io<\/a>)  may be considered comprehensive data security tools if the safety measures are insufficient. The latter may relate to limited API-based data access and recovery options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With the explosive growth of cloud services and microservices architectures, API security will become a top priority. Attackers will target APIs as weak links in the security chain, leading organizations to adopt specialized tools to secure these crucial connections.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Gary Miliefsky<\/strong>, Cyber Defense Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n


That will also raise significant questions about adequate data protection (data breaches) and disturb support for third-party solutions for backups. Additionally, in 2025, businesses will still face a lack of industry standardization in that area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industry standards (sic!) for security<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2024, the market got ISO\/IEC 27040:2024 <\/strong>recommendations for backup systems and storage security. Although it can be considered a step forward, it’s still a guide (in 30% of requirements) with 220 discrete recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The market can also utilize NIST SP 800-209<\/strong>: Security Guideline for Storage Infrastructure<\/a>. The document provides suggestions and guides for deploying, configuring, and operating storage resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, financial institutions in Europe take a step further. The Regulation (EU) 2022\/2552 framework, called the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)<\/strong>, shapes how entities above secure their data storage and backup solutions. The main goal is data protection against unauthorized access, loss, or corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Continuity Software survey<\/a>, the internally mandated standards for storage, data protection, and backup systems include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n