How Secure Is Your Computer Backup?

So you have a backup, that’s a great start, but how secure is that backup?

We like simple solutions. We like backup solutions. We therefore like simple backup solutions, such as having all of your company data, databases and email automatically backed up at a given time of day. A nice touch would be to have an email afterwards telling you that the backup worked or failed so you can take appropriate action.

However backups solutions are the point of this blog posting……….

The point of this blog posting is to simply raise the question – how secure is your backup?

You have all of your confidential company data backed up and the backup drive is in your car. Your car is stolen and Mr.Thief plugs in the backup drive to his stolen laptop and can instantly access all of your data. This would be bad for any business, but even worse if you store personal details which are confidential.

You can be exposing your customers to identity theft or risk your own trade secrets……..

Thankfully there is a simple solution to save your bacon……

You can encrypt your backup drive so that you can only access the drive after you have entered a secure password.

If you don’t enter the password, you can’t view the contents of the drive at all, so Mr.Thief wouldn’t even know the data was there in the first place. This would also give you peace of mind in the event of a drive being stolen or lost.

About the Author...

Gavin Moorhouse doesn’t manage the England football team, but if he did, they would probably be the best in the world!

About the Company....

Lucid Computer Solutions Ltd provide IT Support and Computer Maintenance in Worcestershire and the surrounding areas.