data protection.
As we're entering the 2020 holiday season and Covid-19 cases are continuing to rise, the most affected regions have already started implementing new stay-at -home orders. As a result of all these, we’re witnessing the 2020 work from home revolution. A number of top executives have already announced that they will allow their employees to work from home not only during the duration of this pandemic, but also beyond.
If you're working from home or are living in a region with stay at home orders to take care of your physical health, now is the right time to also take care of your digital health.
To present an important topic in a more holiday-themed reading, we wrapped our tips into the "12 Days of Data Protection" in the spirit of the merry season.
On the first day, review and evaluate your backup practice.
Do you back up your data?
How often do you back up your critical data?
On the second day, check your backup.
Does it work properly?
On the third day, check your power protection devices.
Are they functioning well?
Do you have working universal power supply in place?
On the fourth day, check your surge protector.
Do you have it in place?
On the fifth day, check and evaluate any offsite data centers.
Do they comply with the first four steps?
On the sixth day, review the offsite media storage.
Do you know what content is on there?
On the seventh day, catalog tape media, if any, to make it easier for you to manage.
Do you have any tape media without labels?
On the eighth day, check the media that is defective or you don't use anymore.
Do you want to sell it or just send it to silicon heaven?
Did you securely erase your data from the media?
On the ninth day, evaluate your erasing process.
Did you effectively wipe or physically destroy your media to make sure your data is 100% gone?
On the tenth day, check your data encryption.
Did you log your encryption software somewhere safe?
Do you know all of your passwords?
On the eleventh day, check any cloud storage.
Are you familiar with your cloud provider’s protocol for data that is lost?
On the twelfth day, check for a plan for data recovery should (God forbid) data loss occur to you.
Do you have a data recovery plan?
Do you know how to proceed and who to turn to?
If you experience data loss, Kotar Data Recovery, a Silicon Valley data recovery specialist since 1999, is committed to do everything in their power to recover your valuable data.
We wish you a happy, healthy, and safe 2020 holiday season.
