Saturday 31st March is World Backup Day 2018! A day when we’re all encouraged to look at how we manage and organise our data, and keep it secure. IT support company PCM are sharing their advice for ensuring your data is backed up and secure, and why it has never been more important to keep your information safe.
Data loss is common. It happens by accident, it happens through theft, it happens all the time! Chetan Varma looks after the IT security of PCM’s clients, sees people as a big factor in data security. “One of the biggest reasons we see data loss happening is simple user error. Raising awareness of good data management practices for all members of staff is important. You can support that learning with technology to make data loss less likely to happen. Setting up stricter delete processes and managing user permissions can help in the first instance. Remote Data Backup can ensure that you have an archive of your files if you need to restore something that has been accidentally deleted.”
Lukasz Kisala, an IT support engineer at PCM believes that every business should use remote backup to add a second layer of security to their data. “There’s a new saying “data is the new oil” and that is because it is so valuable to businesses. Even small organisations can’t afford to lose their data, be it emails, files or customer records. Using Remote Data Backup means that you can retrieve documents and data if you accidentally delete it, or if cyber criminals try to steal it. And Remote Data Backup is a much more secure way to backup your data than using USB or disk backup, or onsite backup.”
But why is World Backup Day even a thing? Matt Feeny, Director at PCM explains. “We can’t remember a year when we’ve talked about data security more, or it has been more prominent to the public. With GDPR, Cambridge Analytica, and big data breaches from some of the world’s leading online retailers, data security is in the news more than ever. The organisers of World Backup Day want to encourage everyone, businesses and home technology users, to backup their data and secure their information, whether that’s customer records or family photos.”
The Global State of Information Security Survey 2018 reported that almost 30% of businesses had experienced damage or loss of internal records following a data breach. 35% of businesses had their customer records compromised by a security incident. Of the businesses surveyed, 30% reported that their current employees were the biggest risk to their data security. User education and preventative technology can only go so far to limit the risk of data loss. That is why World Backup Day exist, and why PCM encourages all businesses to use Remote Data Backup.
