Cloud wakes sometimes distrust among users when it comes to store important company files . Some entrepreneurs have already learned to use their computer and they resist the idea of changing habits, that is, that the files of the business were somewhere else.
This is logical to a certain extent, as some services web storage does not give us the security guarantees desirable to work. However, looking at the level of security of some computers in companies, sometimes it should not be said that this is safe.
How do we then safely store the sensitive information of the company? Do we have to resort to paper and pen as in the old days?
How to ensure the security of our files
If we sticklers, the vast majority of systems that are said to be "safe" have some degree of vulnerability . If hackers are able to get into NASA computers, or a computer at home can hijack Facebook's own Mark Zuckerberg , there is no reason to think that, if they wanted to , they could not find a vulnerability in servers our company.
Does that mean we should become digital skeptics and be afraid to host files in the cloud? Nothing is further from reality. If we look closely, often they are not hackers causing a computer problem that has occurred, but a human fault of the user , as downloading a virus without realizing it.
Therefore, problems do not come from outside; Many times come from the bad practices of the user, of which he may not even be aware. Therefore, it is necessary to bet on online security and any suspicion of data theft, report it to the authorities and try to improve security systems.
Even with all, we must not resign ourselves to think that we must settle for the "disappearance of sensitive data" . This is avoidable to 100% if we use a good strategy to ensure the redundancy of information . This means having several systems at the same time so that, in case one fails, the information is kept up to date and synchronized elsewhere.
For example:
- Would on the one hand our own hard drive . From that hard disk we would make an automatic image from time to time, that would be kept in a place other than the own computer.
- On the other hand, you can have a server where the information is keep it in encrypted form through a system of online backup .
- If we have several computers for the administration, we can try that they work in synchronized form and they keep the same information.
- Combine it with some traditional method: an external hard disk of which we would make a copy from time to time.
Thus we get, if he entered a virus on a PC, for example, affecting important files, this information will be kept updated on an external server , from where we could get at the time. Of course, the use of this system (quite simple) would involve a review of all possible vulnerabilities present in the company's computer network.
Do you work with data redundancy , or is all stored in the same place? Tell us what you want about the security of your computers in the comments.
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