For retailers, as with any business, there comes an increasing need to ensure the protection and management of their data, especially during the busiest sales periods and holiday season, like the recent Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

Malicious actors choose to take advantage of organisations at this time because often a company’s usual ‘guards’ may be down, with IT and SecOps teams’ ability to respond hampered by some of their team members' participating in the festivities.

Director, Systems Engineering, Cohesity ASEAN, Sathish Murthy shares insights on why people need to learn about the increasing role of data and the importance of regular backups.