Myth #4 – I have cloud storage / online space where I keep my backups.

 Fact:

That’s great, but you should be aware that there may be delays in restoring your information, as all data must be downloaded from the Internet to your device. Some major cloud storage providers offer very low-cost data storage services that, however, require several days to restore your data (Amazon S3 Glacier).

With so many potential points of failure, how can we protect important information? In fact, it’s not that difficult if the following principles are followed:

• Бекъпите се правят регулярно и автоматично.
• Backups are stored in a different location from the original data.
• Backups are encrypted, which protects them from unauthorized access.
• Backups are tested regularly to ensure successful recovery.

ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) — the EU organization responsible for information security across all its member states — recommends the use of the so-called the 3-2-1 rule. What does this mean?

3 – keep three copies of the data. One is the original, the second is a backup, and the third is a backup of the backup.

2 – keep these copies on two different types of media — for example, on a hard drive and in the cloud.

1 – have at least one copy stored away from the location of the original — at a remote company site, in the cloud, or, for larger organizations, in a secure vault.

As a partner of two of the world’s leading companies — Veeam and Acronis – BGServiz always recommends that its clients follow the above rule when using backups.

Contact us to discuss your needs and receive a recommendation for the right backup solution.