Network security is a top concern for many companies with unexpected hacking attacks, viruses, and other threats coming from every direction. It’s a true minefield out there when it comes to keeping databases safe and using the Internet in general. In a lot of cases, the best prevention to problems is ensuring that solutions being invested in focus on security from the ground up. In a lot of cases, hacking is quietly happening on networks because solutions weren’t built with security in mind.
When you invest in a backup solution, security should be built from the ground up. We view backup as an extension of an organizations IT security program. Backup is the last resort when all else fails and should be as secure as possible with the most stringent IT controls.
Fortunately, a quality backup solution should make it very easy to keep backups secure. The following are ways we recommend organizations keep their backups as secure as possible.
- Backup to the Cloud- Keep your data offsite and on a completely separate network. This makes sure if anything happens to your network whether from hackers or natural disaster, your data is protected in an entirely separate environment.
- AES 256-bit encryption- Use AES 256-bit encryption to protect your backups while they are in transit and at rest. Keep the encryption key to yourself so not even your solution provider can access your data.
- Management- Backups are something that should not be set and forgotten. Finding a solution that works with you to ensure that you are protecting what’s important and backups are not failing is imperative to your success.
While a quality solution will make it easy to keep backups secure, making sure you find a partner you can trust is more difficult. We have worked with many organizations with strong security concerns, and others who just wanted to make sure that a backup would be around when they needed it. Whatever the case may be, it’s better to act now and not wait until you need to recover.