Jason Buffington .com

Data Protection Matters .com

Am kicking off some independent research and consulting topics, which will be covered under the banner of Data Protection Matters, starting July 2025.

  • Unbiased industry research and analysis
  • Consulting and speaking sessions
  • Content development

Here is an archive of my blogs and articles related to Data Protection. 

  • If you aren’t testing, then you don’t have a plan

    If you aren’t testing, then you don’t have a plan … you have a hope (and not much of one).  One of the most consistent complaints I hear among BC/DR professionals is the lack of support from senior leaders to enable more testing for Cyber Resilience or Disaster Recovery.  Here are some hard truths

  • IDC MarketScape for SaaS Protection

    IDC recently published its MarketScape on SaaS data protection for 2026. If you’re an IDC client, you’ll want to read the entire report. Else, there’s a lot that you can glean from their chart that ought to raise some hard questions and fresh ideas for your overall Data Protection strategy.

  • Third parties & resilience are a double-edged sword

    More than half of all organizations suffered a disruption of a business process due to an issue with one of their third-party suppliers and providers. Not all outages are IT nor is ransomware the only event that can disrupt your operations – according to 502 BC/DR leaders.

  • Making the case for resilience service providers

    If you are trying to improve your org’s resilience, you likely will need third-party service providers – according to 502 BC/DR leaders. Let’s talk a look at which kinds of MSPs are most frequently utilized to improve Cyber Resilience and Disaster Recovery.

  • Orchestration is the hero for IT resilience!

    Orchestration is the hero for IT resilience!  Here are 4 reasons why orchestrated workflows are needed for every IT resilience scenario that requires speed or scale.

  • How to improve research-powered Thought Leadership content

    If you’re thinking about developing research-powered Thought Leadership marketing content … here are 6 steps in 4 minutes that can make the difference between GOOD content that might create marketing leads … and GREAT content which delivers value to the reader and influence for the vendor/provider.