### Consider Your Cloud Backup Strategy on World Backup Day, March 31 World Backup Day, marked every March 31, reminds all of us of the risk and vulnerability of the data stored on our devices and systems. Data loss happens every day for a variety of reasons, including human error and ransomware attacks, which have become increasingly expensive due to businesses having deeper pockets to pay larger ransoms. Having a backup copy of data can help a business recover clean copies of data after it’s been corrupted or lost. A backup and disaster recovery strategy is necessary to protect mission-critical data against these types of risks. Taking regular backups offers other advantages, such as creating new environments for development, staging, or QA without impacting production. The 3-2-1 backup rule has been widely adopted but may not be practical for modern IT environments due to the criticality of systems and the need for faster recovery times. Cloud providers can offer reliable service levels, but businesses must have a backup strategy updated to factor in cloud workloads. Cross-cloud data protection is essential to ensure data availability during outages with a single cloud provider. Developing flexibility in the cloud is critical to leverage the best features and cost efficiencies from each provider. MongoDB Atlas provides point-in-time recovery, security features, built-in replication, backups, and fine-grained monitoring to protect against data corruption and ensure always-on availability.