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Strengthening Data Protection for SMBs

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9th October 2025
Connecting Data Protection to strategic objectives

Connecting Data Protection to strategic objectives

SMBs across our region must counter a range of challenges that pose risks to critical data assets, whether on premise or in the cloud.

These range from cyberattacks and ransomware to managing compliance and mitigating outages that result in operational downtime. 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents both opportunity and threat to SMBs. They’re searching for external expertise to combine cybersecurity and continuity strategies that will provide wholistic protection of critical data assets.  

The need is clear, yet many SMB IT teams still struggle to connect planned investments to critical business objectives and outcomes.  

Crayon’s latest paper reveals how partners can help SMBs align data protection strategies with core business objectives like customer experience, revenue growth and operational resilience. 

This paper is free to download – no form required – so get started, today!

 

What's inside the Data Protection paper?

What's inside the Data Protection paper?

  • Understanding Data Protection challenges for SMB customers
  • How Data Protection supports core business objectives
  • Recognising the IT objectives and priority actions that signal Data Protection requirements
  • Aligning priorities to Data Protection plays, strategies and solutions

What you'll learn.

What you'll learn.

  • Rethinking Backup: why verified, immutable backups are essential for recovery and continuity, plus how solutions like Veeam, Acronis and Wasabi can help. 
  • Data Governance: how classification and labelling tools (Microsoft Purview, Netwrix, AvePoint) reduce risk and support compliance. 

 

  • Insider Threats: where behavioural analytics and auditing (usecure, Netwrix Auditor) can provide visibility and proactive risk management. 
  • Building a Practice: how Crayon’s cybersecurity services, technology advisory and solution licensing expertise can help you deliver comprehensive protection and drive business outcomes. 
Who should read this paper?

Who should read this paper?

  • Any channel partner with an appetite for Data Protection service expansion.
  • Practice leaders that need to align solutions and service investments with business objectives.

 

 

 

  • Partners with mature security and/or continuity practices seeking to position end-to-end solution offerings.
  • Partners with SMB customers challenged by data compliance and continuity challenges .

 

Data Protection is a Growth Opportunity

Data Protection is a Growth Opportunity

Effectively protecting SMB data requires more than deploying individual tools.  It requires coordinated solutions and services that align to business objectives, IT priorities and operational actions.

If you’re ready to get underway, simply leave your details and we’ll be in touch to discuss how Crayon can help you to get the ball rolling.

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