Comment: Google Gmail and Drive suffer global outage
March 2019 by Mimecast
This morning Google’s Gmail and Drive suffered a global outage affecting many users across Australia, US, Asia and parts of Europe. The cause of the problems is still unknown however.
Mimecast VP Organisational Resilience, Ross Jackson, comments:
"While it may have been a lucky escape for British firms this time, these Google
outages are another clear reminder for the need for businesses to build in their own
redundancy as part of their IT strategy.
This is even more imperative for smaller, more agile businesses, who need to
understand how to balance business continuity with a reliance on a single cloud
provider.
All organisations, including Google, must consider what downstream effects there
may be from losing a critical service due to technical failure or human error. As
part of this, businesses should evaluate whether they have the right cyber
resilience and continuity plan in place to stay up and running regardless of any
future incidents."