A review of 367 enterprise and service providers shows that 62 percent leverage the cloud and/or virtualisation but only 33 percent test data recovery plans regularly to ensure proper protocols are in place to protect this data.

Forty-nine percent of organisations experienced some type of data loss in the last year and 55 percent denoted data was lost from a traditional storage device.

Twenty-six percent said they experienced data loss from a virtual environment.

"The key to minimising a data loss risk and successfully recovering from a loss is asking the right questions prior to adopting a new storage medium and amending your policies and procedures accordingly," said C.K. Lee, country manager, Kroll Ontrack Singapore.