When it comes to the day-to-day security of your company’s data, it is critical that its content is protected whether proprietary or not. Whether it’s protection against cyber attacks, corrupt software, or even general concern from fire and natural disasters, there are a lot of reasons you need to back up your data for your organization. The question is always where to start and whom to go to make it happen.
Why Backups are Important
Some of the most common reasons why organizations do not back up their data can be things such as the belief that their data is secure, or even citing cost as a negative factor. But ultimately the main reason in business is that people just simply forget because they believe the odds of needing backup data are rare to none. While for most it is very unlikely you will ever need to access backup data, you do not want to be caught in a situation where your company is the small statistic of organizations that for some reason lost their data and could not retrieve any of it.
Backing Up Personal Non-Proprietary Data
There are a few ways to back up your data, depending on the amount of data and how proprietary it might be. For personal use, it is still recommended that a flash drive is one of the cheapest and convenient ways to back up data. This is a good system to use if the data is less proprietary in nature and you find yourself out of the office often for work, whether it be travel or telecommuting. This is always the cheapest and easiest way to backup data.
Backing Up Personal Proprietary Data
If data is proprietary but still for personal use, it is recommended to use a cloud-based storage system. There are some more common names like Dropbox, but for professional use, you could utilize larger-scale cloud-based storage systems such as Microsoft Azure and OneDrive, or Amazon Web Services applications. These days there are many entities that you can use and can be scalable and relatively cheap based on how much data you have. Cloud-based storage is also convenient for privacy.
Backing Up Proprietary Company Data
Finally, if you are looking to store private data for your company, you can always encrypt your data for extra security before placing it in cloud-based backup storage. Many of these same companies mentioned earlier are good at providing these extra layers of security so that your data is always protected both physically and from potential data breaches. While the costs of these extra services will ultimately become a bigger expense to maintain, you cannot put a price on security.
Backups Are Worth the Price
So overall, backing up data is a simple yet effective way to protect your organization from any potential actions that might compromise your company or personal data. There is always a risk that is associated with your company’s data getting exposed or altered from physical damage or cyber attacks, and data backup is a small price to pay to avoid compromised data or worse—corrupt or erased data. So, don’t waste any more time and backup your organization’s data today.
