I know I talk a lot about security, but with this being a small business forum and the rash of attacks on small businesses these days I feel it's something we all need to talk about.
Ransomware is an epidemic that is killing businesses. Basically it's a spear phishing attack, meaning you or your employees mistakenly let it in by clicking spoofed emails, (or bring it in via another device on the network like your infected phone) and it takes over your computer or network, locking you out of it and your files until you pay the ransom to get the unlock key.
Sounds like it's too obvious not to get clipped by it, but it's about 60% of all hacks these days, and small businesses are the the most frequent target because they are the easiest targets.
A 3-2-1 backup plan is simple to execute and can save you from disaster.
1. Keep at least three copies of your data
That includes the original copy and at least two backups.
2. Keep the backed-up data on two different storage types
The chances of having two failures of the same storage type are much better than for two completely different types of storage. Therefore, if you have data stored on an internal hard drive, make sure you have a secondary storage type, such as external or removable storage, or the cloud.
3. Keep at least one copy of the data offsite
Even if you have two copies on two separate storage types but both are stored onsite, a local disaster could wipe out both of them. Keep a third copy in an offsite location, like the cloud.
Feasibly if disaster strikes you could literally snatch the drives out of all of your computers, apply your back ups and never skip a beat. No back ups, or outdated backups, or worse only 1 backup and it gets corrupted too, and you are SOL. No way to turn back time.
My own back up system is a secondary HDD drive on my computer that is nothing but storage. No programs or the OS. 2 External drives. NAS ( network attacked storage), and a cloud back up account. I started doing this when I experienced a drive failure years ago that almost destroyed me.
Do you all back up? If so how many?
Ransomware is an epidemic that is killing businesses. Basically it's a spear phishing attack, meaning you or your employees mistakenly let it in by clicking spoofed emails, (or bring it in via another device on the network like your infected phone) and it takes over your computer or network, locking you out of it and your files until you pay the ransom to get the unlock key.
Sounds like it's too obvious not to get clipped by it, but it's about 60% of all hacks these days, and small businesses are the the most frequent target because they are the easiest targets.
A 3-2-1 backup plan is simple to execute and can save you from disaster.
1. Keep at least three copies of your data
That includes the original copy and at least two backups.
2. Keep the backed-up data on two different storage types
The chances of having two failures of the same storage type are much better than for two completely different types of storage. Therefore, if you have data stored on an internal hard drive, make sure you have a secondary storage type, such as external or removable storage, or the cloud.
3. Keep at least one copy of the data offsite
Even if you have two copies on two separate storage types but both are stored onsite, a local disaster could wipe out both of them. Keep a third copy in an offsite location, like the cloud.
Feasibly if disaster strikes you could literally snatch the drives out of all of your computers, apply your back ups and never skip a beat. No back ups, or outdated backups, or worse only 1 backup and it gets corrupted too, and you are SOL. No way to turn back time.
My own back up system is a secondary HDD drive on my computer that is nothing but storage. No programs or the OS. 2 External drives. NAS ( network attacked storage), and a cloud back up account. I started doing this when I experienced a drive failure years ago that almost destroyed me.
Do you all back up? If so how many?
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