Why Backup Access Must Be Separate

If your backup uses the same credentials as production, a single breach destroys both. Here is how to fix it.

The security of your backup infrastructure is paramount, and a critical vulnerability arises when backup systems share credentials with production environments. If an attacker gains access to your production credentials, they could potentially wipe your backups, leaving you defenceless against data loss or ransomware attacks. Loop Backup addresses this by ensuring that access credentials for your backup environment are entirely separate and isolated from your production systems. Our immutable, air-gapped object storage further enhances security by preventing any modification or deletion of backups, even if an attacker were to breach your production environment. This architectural separation is a cornerstone of our ransomware resilience strategy, providing an essential layer of protection that safeguards your ability to recover data, ensuring business continuity and peace of mind.

Why should backup access be separate from Microsoft 365?

If backups are controlled by the same admin accounts as Microsoft 365, one compromised account can delete both your data and its backups.

What does separate backup access mean?

Your backup console uses its own sign-in, its own permissions and its own storage, so losing control of the tenant does not mean losing your backups.

Does Microsoft 365 Backup count as separate?

It runs inside the Microsoft ecosystem and is managed through the same tenant, so it does not give you an independent second copy.

Who can restore data from Loop Backup?

Admins you invite to the Loop Backup console, and users through self-service restore if you enable it.

Where is the separate copy stored?

In the storage region you choose: UK, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Canada or Australia.