Computer back up and recovery?

[goillini52]

And, when the cloud security is breached, they have all your clients info. If they can breach the Pentagon, credit card companies, big businesses, etc., don't u think they can get into the cloud?

But, they can't touch the flash drive in my dresser.

And, when the cloud security is breached, they have all your clients info. If they can breach the Pentagon, credit card companies, big businesses, etc., don't u think they can get into the cloud?

But, they can't touch the flash drive in my dresser.

Sounds like a Conspiracy Theory.

I thought you said it was in your kid's bedroom.

 

[VolAgent]

Sounds like a Conspiracy Theory.

I thought you said it was in your kid's bedroom.

Don't ask...

 

[donamese]

True back ups should be stored in separate locations. If your house catches on fire/floods, having multiple copies doesn't do anything if they were all in there. A fireproof safe may at a minimum may keep it safe. Cloud storage or offsite backups are ideal.

 

[WinoBlues]

Don't ask...

I have had teenagers. Trust me you do not want to look under the bed, between the mattresses or in the dresser. Crack the door, throw in a few garbage bags and a fresh bottle of Fabreeze and Call out "Bring out your dead, Bring out your dead"

 

[goillini52]

True back ups should be stored in separate locations. If your house catches on fire/floods, having multiple copies doesn't do anything if they were all in there. A fireproof safe may at a minimum may keep it safe. Cloud storage or offsite backups are ideal.

Are you saying that he should keep it in his kid's car instead of his/her room.

 

[VolAgent]

I have had teenagers. Trust me you do not want to look under the bed, between the mattresses or in the dresser. Crack the door, throw in a few garbage bags and a fresh bottle of Fabreeze and Call out "Bring out your dead, Bring out your dead"

I was referring more to the fact that it was in his daughter's dresser, and then in his dresser...

Which is also why I'm working on Sam now to make sure he don't get too bad when he is a teenager.

 

[donamese]

Are you saying that he should keep it in his kid's car instead of his/her room.

From a safety recovery standpoint yes....HIPPA no.

 

[Life Hawk]

I use good old Norton with the auto back up activated. You can select to back up to the cloud or not (as you desire). I keep scanned as well as paper based files. I use a cloud based CRM tool, but it does not capture important personal matters such as SS#'s or banking information, or sensitive health information.

I have been asked a hand full of times in my career how I keep information safe... or occasionally if I sell personal data. I always answer the same, sensitive data never leaves my office unless I bring a file in for a face to face sit down with the client and no data is sold.

Use a system that meets your needs, performs at your expectation, but never complicate the simple... or this business can drive you nuts!

 

[jaygreen002]

A true backup solution will let you restore files to a certain point in time, so even if the most recent sync/backup is bad, you can go one back to the last good version.

 

[FEX Quotes]

I experienced an unfortunate data loss many years ago, learned my lesson and swore this would never happen again. Through the years I have used many backup solutions and this is my current backup/disaster recovery strategy with redundancy being the dominant theme..

1. Two hard drives with the second drive mirroring the primary. If the primary drive fails, secondary is ready to go.

1a. All critical and frequently used files are synced with sync.com. This additional layer allows me to work anywhere on my laptop with live current data.

1b. All critical data backed up with Backblaze.com

2. All critical data backed up incrementally to a local external network drive.

3. External backup drive synced to an encrypted off site cloud drive.

4. Cloud drive is also backed up to second server.

Many might consider this overkill, but it addresses multiple points of data loss and hardware failure. I can sleep at night knowing my data is safe.

Everyone's needs are different, but at a minimum, I believe everyone should have both a local backup and an offsite backup. The actual strategy is an individual choice with pluses and minuses. In a nutshell, you should be able to restore from more than one point in time from at least two physical locations.