“It happens in all corners of the world. It’s everywhere..”
Any idea what I am talking about? If not let me help you out a bit. It’s called data security. Some call it dossier and others, binaries. Whatever the moniker, one thing we can all agree upon is that it is valuable. Each and every piece of it is crucial. If lost, trouble is sure to follow. Keeping data safe therefore, is critical. No time for that, you say? Make the time. If it is important to you, B-A-C-K I-T U-P!
Data Pirates :
Armed and very dangerous a.k.a. your worst nightmare! It is extremely hard to identify these pirates and pin their location. They could be from international shores or even sitting right beside you. According to studies, data pirates are more prone to target smaller companies because less than half of them are secured. But, consider this. Some of the the biggest security breaches of 2014 occurred in large organizations like iCloud, JPMorgan Chase, Dropbox and Sony!
These experiences, big and small, have prompted experts to identify the ten most important IT priorities for midmarket organizations:
- Improved collaboration capabilities.
- Major application deployments or upgrades.
- Business continuity/disaster recovery programs.
- Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy.
- Data center consolidation.
- Management of data security growth.
- Desktop virtualization.
- Information security initiatives.
- Increased use of server virtualization.
- Improved data security backup and recovery.
Scott Hanselman’s Backup 3-2-1 rule is simple to follow for every organization that wishes to secure itself.
3 Copies of anything you care about – Two isn’t enough if it’s important.
2 Different formats – Example: Dropbox + DVDs or Hard Drive + Memory Stick or more.
1 Off-site backup – If the house burns down, how will you get your data back?
Evolution:
It is happening all around us, we need to stay with it to survive.
Safety:
Just another word for survival.
Backup:
Consider yourself saved by the whistleblower and experience the smart choice.
