Data Recovery and Your Computer:

Have you ever wondered if what you know about data acquisition is accurate? Consider the following sections and compare what you know with the latest data acquisition.
Over time your company may be the victim of a natural disaster, or something more common, such as a lightning bolt or falling power lines. Just because your company can be a small business does not mean it is protected from data disasters. If a small business does not have a good and well-tested disaster recovery plan in place when a disaster strikes they may not fully recover and may even cause them to leave the business. Sometimes even a data recovery service may not be helpful. The following are some questions that should be answered to give you an idea of ​​what you need to do to help you when you have a disaster data problem. Do you know where to find the most important data files in your company? Are these files supported and in what way? How often do you use these data backups and are they verified and tested? Do you have automatic controls that perform backups correctly and consistently? How often do your data backup tapes go off-site and how often? Do you have some form of security from hacking or stealing your data backups? Do you keep your servers, routers, hubs, and phone system controls in locked areas to keep them more secure? Does anyone have access to your servers and other of your technology assets even if you limit access to at least two, but not more than four people? Are you using a local application, such as Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft Windows XP, or Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4, on company PCs and notebooks? Do you have confidential information stored locally on any desktop PCs or notebooks? Are there any of these programs that use a secure operating system, such as Microsoft Windows 9x or Microsoft Windows Me? Are you protecting against invalid boot-ups or interfering with BIOS configuration settings by using strong passwords? For your desktop PCs and notebooks, how are the main updates, app packages and current releases? The bottom line is that you can't predict when a data disaster will occur but taking a few steps in advance can help your company survive the days and weeks following the disaster.

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