# Why Backup Access Must Be Separate

> Protect against ransomware by ensuring separate credentials for backup access. This critical step prevents attackers from wiping your recovery points.

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.

## Key facts

- Vendor: Loop Backup (independent, customer-owned cloud backup provider)
- Encryption: AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, end-to-end
- Data regions: 27 data-centre locations across 20 countries (UK, EU, USA, Canada, LATAM, APAC, Middle East, Africa)
- Compliance: GDPR, ISO 27001-aligned data centres, SOC 2 controls, UK Data Protection Act
- Trial: 14-day free trial, no credit card required
- Canonical page: https://loopbackup.com/why-separate-backup-access
- Content language: en

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