Spanning Blog

Welcome to our blog featuring thought leadership and best practices on SaaS backup and recovery, data protection and security, and regular product updates for Spanning Backup for Office 365, Google Workspace, and Salesforce.

Data Governance: Definition, Framework Components, Best Practices & Benefits

Data governance is a set of policies and procedures that ensures holistic data management throughout its lifecycle, from creation to disposal.


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What is a Data Protection Strategy? Components, Best Practices and Benefits

A data protection strategy regards the measures taken to help you secure mission-critical and regulated data while keeping it usable for business purposes.


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RTO vs. RPO: Understanding Their Differences and Importance

Understand the difference between RTO and RPO and why both are critical parameters in analyzing the consequences of downtime on an organization.


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IT Resilience: What It Is, Why It’s Important & How to Achieve It

IT resilience ensures that critical IT assets, processes and services remain operational during unplanned and planned disruptions. Learn how to achieve it.


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Why You Need to Worry About the Dark Web and What You Can Do

The dark web is a hotbed for cybercrime. Learn about dark web service offerings, stolen data for purchase, and how to protect your business from falling victim.


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High Availability: How It Works and Why It’s Important

High availability (HA) ensures that an IT infrastructure operates continuously, even if certain components fail. Learn why it’s important and how to achieve it.


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Backup Policy: What Should Be Included and Why Do You Need One?

A backup policy defines the set of policies, procedures and responsibilities to prevent data loss and maintain data integrity and availability. Learn more.


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Zero Trust Security: Everything You Need to Know

Zero trust is a security model that assumes risks are present both inside and outside of a network. Learn about technologies involved, core principles, and more.


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How Phishing Attacks Ruin Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace

Cyberthreats adversely impact your SaaS applications and data. Here’s a look at how phishing affects your Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace environment.


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The SaaS Backup and Recovery Report 2022: What’s New in the SaaS Universe

The SaaS Backup and Recovery Report 2022 from Spanning provides new insights into the SaaS universe, the current state of SaaS data protection and what you should know to enhance your data protection strategy.


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