Confidentiality of Remote Backup
published by 2014-06-13
topic: Backup
According to some interviews conducted by The Growth Coach Ecuador on Remote Backup and Cloud Backup services with people in the Internet Services field and managers of other companies, one of the most common concerns of these people about the possibility of proliferation of these services in the country is the confidentiality of information when it's in the cloud.
There are answers that equate the concept of confidentiality of cloud services in general to the concept of specific remote backup services and that seems to be a mistake that needs to be corrected.
When you contract a dedicated server in a remote Data Center, we know exactly what we're putting on that server and are well aware of the kind of protections that it has, the control of access to the Data Center's maintenance services of the server and how we store information on it, i.e., if we encrypt it or the applications use open data.
When you contract a cloud service, we can all find out about the properties of the service and how it manages and maintains information on the storage discs that is handled with that service.
The reluctance of any company is truly understandable when placing sensitive data in any of these scenarios.
However, it's necessary to understand that in general, Remote Backup applications systematically encrypt all the information they handle with practically inviolable passwords, which only the client or client system know, so the information is illegible without the knowledge of the encoding keys. Even the very name of the files appears encrypted. This way, only the person or the system that knows the keys can read any of the backup's contents even if they have physical access to it.
Evolution up to Cloud Backup
published by 2014-06-09
topic: Backup
The volume of data that a company stores today in computers is greater than it was years ago, so one of the most important tools to guarantee business continuity is having a remote backup system.
You should know that a backup system is not a storage system, but rather a data maintenance system for a contracted period in order to make recoveries in the event of losses.
These systems have evolved through time, until becoming the current Cloud Backup. For more information, use the following reference link.
reference: www.slideshare.net/YildunCloudBackup/evolucion-hasta-el-cloud-backup
Dropbox is not a Backup System
published by 2014-05-26
topic: Backup
Have you thought about using Dropbox as a backup system? Did you know that it's not a cloud backup system?
Actually, Dropbox is a storage program but this doesn't guarantee all the features that a good backup system needs, like authentication, encryption and backup retention, as well as the monitoring thereof.
Use Dropbox, since it's a really good program but use it to store, synchronize or share data, not to ensure the safety of your data, even less that of your company, because when you delete something from Dropbox, it disappears and is no longer recoverable. This doesn't happen with cloud backup software since you can recover several previous versions.
Do you make backups?
published by 2014-05-07
topic: Backup
Are you sure about the continuity of your business during a disaster? Do you make backups in the cloud to protect your information?
Sometimes we don't realize it until it happens and there's no turning back (a virus, hardware problems, accidental deletion, etc.). This is easily solved by having a cloud backup system that you can configure to safeguard data and automatically schedule tasks that automatically create backups daily. You can backup for several days and restore the version you need.
Have you ever been in a situation where you lost important data? Tell us about your experience.