We recommend more than one source of Data backup… September 5, 2019 – Posted in: Backup, News – Tags: Backup

Still taking external hard drives home? Those days are gone…

If you only have a single source of data backup, which is located on a local external hard disk or perhaps a NAS device, you may only have a single source in the event of an accident provided the backup is regularly running, has no faults and doesn’t get corrupted.

However you aren’t protected from loss or corruption should a ransomware attack strike – as soon as such an attack hits your network, data across all devices on your local network will be infected.

Leaving you in a position with corrupted data, NO recovery point, your livelihood in jeopardy overnight, especially when GDPR states you must have a secure offsite data backup.

A perilous fact = 70% of companies that suffer a major data loss are out of business within 18 months.

What do you recommend we do?

To be effective in business, not only do you have to store and process vast amounts of information, you must secure it as well. Follow the simple yet effective best practice of the 3-2-1 Backup Rule, this will ensure your business & its valuable data is protected from a multitude of vast eventualities.

So the best next thing…get your business defended with a dedicated cloud backup!

Duplicating your data offsite to a Cloud-based backup platform, for example, is a secure and automated way of ensuring that your critical data is protected offsite.

Over-watched by professionals, with frequent updates and backups produced, enabling a secure recovery point if ever required.

What are the benefits of doing it that particular way?

Given the implications stated in the GDPR blog recently published, the core benefit will be the peace of mind you will receive from operating with a secure, offsite data backup.

You’re better off having data off-site, than in-house, where it is far more liable to corrupting & hacking vs. being stored in the cloud where it’s encrypted & ring-fenced away from any penetration of your local networks.

Receive instant peace of mind that your backup service will not only be scheduled to run automatically, typically taking a daily copy of your new & updated files offsite to the cloud overnight, but it should also be managed, monitored and maintained by your outsourced IT provider.