Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The standard nightly backup model leaves companies vulnerable to data loss. Anything created or modified between the last backup and a failure event is at risk. AI makes continuous data protection (CDP) practical and affordable. It can keep a discerning eye on the data it’s watching and prioritize the critical data. AI-powered backup systems continuously watch over production systems, get a good idea of what is normal, quickly notice an anomaly and raise an alert immediately. When it came to enterprise IT across organizations, there was hardly any other practice set in stone than the nightly backups. For decades, the standard data backup paradigm relied on backups taken every night when a snapshot of all data in the systems was taken and stored onto a disk or tape and kept aside.…