Data loss can lead to costly downtime, lost productivity, and even long-term reputational damage. But do you know which are the most common threat vectors? Let’s find out. Hardware failures – the king of all threat vectors They can occur at any time, all you can do is minimize the risk. To reduce downtime and sometimes even prevent it use backups and data replication, clustered configurations, dual power supplies, mirrored disks and RAID disk arrays and UPSs. Human error Accidents happen. It’s not a matter of if somebody will make a mistake. It’s rather a matter of when he will make it. That’s why regular backups take such important part in reducing cost of data loss caused by careless or malicious employees. Data corruption Data corruption is basically effect of a common system errors or bugs. It happens due to