The Terrible Truth of Living in a Shallow Dream of Backup Data Security

Are you a lucky dog?

Concerning the issue of file safety, this would signify you have never before knew by experience a computer data loss causing your documents, video, or even a set of hard disks going to oblivion. This means you are that 1 of 5 PC users. Good fortune is something you do not need that much as long as you are prepared, some would think. Purchase a backup program solution to be your reliable file safety, so nothing gets killed. Now, that is the moment I wonder 'Oh, actually?'

Have you met those not so lucky ones, who did observe a data incident eating their documents, music, and a group of hard disks? So, I have. The more I discussed things with them, the more often a view proceeded: there were many of friends who did really use backup software solution before the data disaster occurred. Why is that? Does that mean those software do not really serve? For all I know, there are sufficient of nice solutions which back up data pretty good. But that is only the part of the process. Backing up is not plenty as it is to secure your data. What you need to get the protection is a disaster recovery strategy.

There is so much nerves around backup that this second part often stays outside of file protection bible scope. But backing up is not that difficult. Restoring data is when the actual issue comes.

There is an example. Mister X is into file security. He has got storage to save his backup there and a software utility to accomplish the transferring mission. The data are financial docs, important correspondence, and diverse illegal permit sensible things. So, Mr. X encodes these things. After that he sets up his powerful backup application to store data to the reliable storage. But there is a thing: he hasn't backed up the encrypting key.

He maybe saved it on a smart card that last one is failed or damaged. Or the encryption key was on a computer observing the blue screen of loss. What are Mr. X's opportunities now to restore the backed up and encrypted files? Zero (or less).

Hence, abandon the encryption. Let's say we back stuff up from an NTFS to a FAT 32 disk. A lot of storage space on this last one, but what the devil, where did a part of a 7 GB data run? To the fields of positive fishing (FAT 32 does not allow files to be bigger than 4 GB).

And these are only a part of various troubles concerning the thing of current important data restore. Hence, next time you consider about a backup strategy, consider about a restore strategy too.