Air Gap

Air Gap

The concept of an air gap refers to the following: If you're unable to access a data block, then that block is completely untouched and isn't likely to be corrupted. This typically happens in IT with duplicate data blocks available on a secondary storage system that is offline and separate from the first. The extra data copy is protected from corruption by being copied, as long as the gap is maintained.

Companies typically use air-gap data as a last resort in case of disaster and for extra protection. It is used to augment existing backups, recovery and disaster recovery strategies

You can also enable fast recovery should a large attack occur on your business.

Some vendors sell multiple servers that are meant to be used in different environments-- one for production and another for the air gap. The high cost of traditional hardware air gaps has limited their adoption so far.

Different types of air gaps you may be interested in are an array-based, a backup-based and a hardware object-based.

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