Why Data Backup Validation Can’t Be Ignored
April 10, 2025
When was the last time you tested your backup system?
If you had to pause and think, you’re not alone—and you might be at risk. Data backup validation is a critical component of disaster recovery and business continuity planning. Data loss isn’t a distant possibility; it’s a near certainty if your systems aren’t validated regularly. That’s the central message from Tomas Sjostrom, president of James Moore Technology Services, in his recent article for MSP Today News: “Evolve Your Backup and Validation Strategy Now.”
In the piece, Tomas explains why businesses must go beyond basic backup practices and prioritize data backup validation as a core part of their IT strategy. Regular validation, integrity testing and restore-readiness checks are nonnegotiable in today’s threat landscape.
Key takeaways for IT leaders and business owners:
- Data backup validation isn’t optional. It’s the only way to confirm your data can be fully and quickly restored.
- Speed matters. The ability to restore operations fast defines real resilience.
- A “3-2-1” backup strategy and encrypted storage are now baseline expectations.
- Disaster recovery depends on the full restoration of operating systems, configurations, and business-critical data.
Whether you serve the public sector, healthcare, finance or SMBs, your backup strategy should include continuous data backup validation tailored to your risk and regulatory profile. Don’t wait for a breach, outage or natural disaster to learn that your restore process doesn’t work.
Read the full article by Tomas Sjostrom on MSP Today News to learn the steps every organization should take now to strengthen their data protection strategy through data backup validation.