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The pace and volume of threats targeting organizations of all sizes everywhere is increasing at a rate many security teams are struggling to keep up with. IT teams are overwhelmed by the alerts and notifications coming in left, right and center. They’re doing their best with the tools they have but often resorting to manual monitoring, causing delays. 

Active exploitation of the Citrix Bleed 2 vulnerability has prompted emergency patch mandates, while Chinese state-backed attacks on Viasat and North American telecoms signal escalating geopolitical cyber threats. At the same time, breaches at Zoomcar and the lingering Snowflake-Ticketmaster incident expose millions to phishing risks, as concerns over shadow AI, weak governance, and emerging lightweight malware like Myth Stealer dominate the threat landscape.

This article will cover the key reasons why you need a proper backup strategy for M365. It will also demonstrate why and how Microsoft’s M365 Backup offering and built-in data governance / retention features can fall short in the real world.