It was only a few days after publishing last week's “Are You Paranoid Enough?” Backup Reminder that I heard the sorry tale of G-Archiver, a program designed to back up your Gmail account. Or allegedly designed to back up your Gmail account, anyway. A programmer named Dustin Brooks discovered that G-Archiver did something else: it sent the Gmail IDs and passwords of everyone who had downloaded it … [Read more...]
Are You Paranoid Enough? FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 03-07-08
Now and again I talk about aspects of data security that aren't directly related to backups. I don't do it often, because I'm not a security expert, but there's more than one way to lose your data, and stories about backup tapes stolen from financial institutions and missing laptops with confidential information on them show up in the news pretty often. The security of your backups can be an … [Read more...]
Why Ted Loves Western Digital: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 02-01-08
This week we have a guest column from my colleague Ted Prodromou of Net Biz Experts. Ted and I are both members of the Executive Team for the Bay Area Consultants Network. For those who are interested, he's leading a series of free webinars about Web 2.0, and on February 8th, I'll be presenting about podcasting. I thought my non-geek readers would appreciate a story that demonstrates that even … [Read more...]
What the Top 10 Data Disasters of 2007 Teach Us: FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 12-14-07
Every year Ontrack Data Recovery posts a list of the top 10 data disasters they've had to clean up after, and every year I write something about them. I noticed a big difference between the 2006 and 2007 lists, though. Four of the 2006 Top 10 disasters were damaged laptops, two were external hard drives, and three were internal hard drives from desktop machines. Only one of last year's dramatic … [Read more...]
How Much Is Your Data Worth? FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 08-31-07
Last week the VP of Marketing at Data Risk Management contacted me in response to the backup reminder I wrote nearly two years ago about backups and insurance. My conclusion at that time was “It’s possible to get insured against the cost of losing your data, but you’re only going to be insured in the amount it would cost you to restore your data if you had up-to-date backups. If your business is … [Read more...]
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