In fire or flood, you’ll be glad you found a haven

The Journal, Jun 26 2008 by Francesca Craggs

COMPANIES often need reassurance that their most sensitive data is safe, handled discreetly by third parties and not about to be shouted from the rooftops.

ZebraHosts says it has become adept at keeping this kind of data under wraps and secure, providing peace of mind for its clients.

Strategic account and project manager Belinda Kent said: “Data compliance has become a huge issue, procedures policies and funding have to be implemented in many organisations to ensure that they act in accordance with the mass of regulations, standard and laws that have been put in place.

“But more than this, companies need the peace of mind of knowing that their critical information is properly backed up and kept in a secure environment. Lost data and loss of public confidence cost billions in revenue annually.”

As the North East’s first commercial data centre, Newcastle firm ZebraHosts maintains it is perfectly positioned to navigate the intricacies of data compliance.

Ms Kent said: “Data storage is a crucial element of data compliance that needs to be considered by all businesses and organisations.”

Data security has become a top priority for businesses and the company says it provides secure and reliable data storage and facilities to help its clients achieve compliance.

This task is complicated by the differing data compliance laws which govern various industries.

For example, the legislation for a bank is on a different level from that for a marketing company. Ms Kent said: “We enable our clients to store their data in a secure location which provides an excellent platform for them to achieve their compliance obligations.”

ZebraHosts can assist with protection of information, enforcing security and ensuring recoverability.

Incidents such as fire or flood are best addressed by having a secure place where businesses can store valuable information off-site.

That means data is kept safe and can also be protected with firewalls and encrypted virtual private network connections.

Ms Kent said the firm was always vigilant. “All of our services are tested and routinely monitored to ensure that no security threat becomes a security incident.”