We hope to give you tips to keep your computer information and data safe and secure. First thing to do is to make sure you have a backup. Unfortunately, people get busy and they don't realize how much important data is stored on their home and business computers. Without a backup, your data is not secure because all it takes is a single virus infection or hard drive crash to put all of your data at risk. Even home users today have up to 50GB of photos and home videos that would be almost impossible to replace or recreate. So, before reading any further, resolve to make a backup. If you have a backup, great, if not we can help you get one started. Now we get to how you secure that backup. If your backup is out of date then stop and think what would happen if you lost everything in your computer since the last backup. Is that thought something you can live with? What cost is involved in that? Based on how long you can go without securing your data is how long between backups you can go. We recommend a daily and weekly routine to ensure that your information is completely secure. Finally, no one likes to think of disasters like floods, hurricanes or fires, but sadly enough they do happen. If a disaster were to hit your location like a flooded building, fire or theft, what would happen to your data? What is your data recovery plan? Is your data safe somewhere offsite from your main location? To protect your data from disaster, you can use portable hard drives or tapes to move data offsite. For the best in data protection, you can use secure offsite backups like the eBackup solution available here at Backup Headquarters. Whatever route or method you choose, just make sure that your data is safe. We hope this helps you think about how to make some plans for the new year to keep your data safe and secure. Contact us if you need help in analyzing or implementing a backup strategy. Sincerely, Paolo Ladomato 
President BackupHeaquarters.com UserEasy Computer Systems, Inc. 200 Colrain SW Grand Rapids, MI 49548 616-458-5568 |